Using Index of Concentration at the Extremes as Indicators of Structural Racism to Evaluate the Association with Preterm Birth and Infant Mortality—California, 2011–2012

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 159-170

  Chambers, Brittany D ^a   Baer, Rebecca J ^a,b   McLemore, Monica R ^a   Jelliffe Pawlowski, Laura L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Infant mortality; Preterm birth; Structural racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CALIFORNIA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RACISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RACISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

EID: 85047973046     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-018-0272-4     Document Type: Article

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