The Prevalence of Socioeconomic and Behavioral Characteristics and their Impact on Very Low Birth Weight in Black and White Infants in Georgia
Maternal and Child Health JournalPublished 1 June 2001
Cynthia J. Berg, Lynne S. Wilcox, Philip J. d'Almada
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Racial disparity in socioeconomic status may be greater than the current ability to adjust for it in epidemiologic studies.
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Racial disparity in socioeconomic status may be greater than our current ability to adjust for it in epidemiologic studies. The fact that traditional risk factors were not associated with VLBW delivery in black women may be due to the very high prevalence of these risk factors among black women or to different or additional risks or stresses experienced by black women.
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