Ethnic Differences in Neonatal and Postneonatal Mortality
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Ethnic differences in neonatal and postneonatal mortality.
OBJECTIVE Ethnic disparities in infant mortality have been consistently documented in the United States, but these disparities are poorly understood. Although the infant mortality rate in the United States has fallen to record low rates, since 1971 the ethnic disparity between black and white infants has remained unchanged or increased. In 2001, the infant mortality rate among black infants was...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatrics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0478