Clinical Determinants of the Racial Disparity in Very Low Birth Weight
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 1 October 1992Open access
Allison Kempe, Paul H. Wise, Susan E. Barkan, William M. Sappenfield, Benjamin Sachs, Steven L. Gortmaker
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The higher proportion of black infants with very low birth weights is associated with a greater frequency of all major maternal conditions precipitating delivery among black women and reduces in the disparity in birth weight between blacks and whites are not likely to result from any single clinical intervention but, rather, from comprehensive preventive strategies.
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The higher proportion of black infants with very low birth weights is associated with a greater frequency of all major maternal conditions precipitating delivery among black women. Reductions in the disparity in birth weight between blacks and whites are not likely to result from any single clinical intervention but, rather, from comprehensive preventive strategies.
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