Medical, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors do not explain the increased risk for low birth weight among black women

Robert L. Goldenberg; Suzanne Cliver; Francis X. Mulvihill; Carol A. Hickey; Howard J. Hoffman; Lorraine V. Klerman; Marilyn Johnson

doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70048-0

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MedicinePsychosocialBehavioral riskRisk factorBlack womenDemographyClinical psychologyObstetricsGerontologyEnvironmental healthPsychiatryInternal medicinePopulation

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University of Alabama at Birmingham US

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 175
Issue: 5
Pages: 1317-1324
Citations: 288
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                                    Robert L. Goldenberg, 
                                
                                    Suzanne Cliver, 
                                
                                    Francis X. Mulvihill
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            Medical, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors do not explain the increased risk for low birth weight among black women. 
                            American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
                            , 175
                            (5)
                            , 1317-1324.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70048-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(96)70048-0