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What Causes Racial Disparities in Very Preterm Birth? A Biosocial Perspective

Very preterm birth (<32 weeks’ gestation) occurs in approximately 2% of live births but is a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity in the United States. African-American women have a 2-fold to 3-fold elevated risk compared with non-Hispanic white women for reasons that are incompletely...

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Published in:Epidemiol Rev
Main Authors: Kramer, Michael R., Hogue, Carol R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4361938/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19477907
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajerev/mxp003
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