Preterm birth among African American and white women: a multilevel analysis of socioeconomic characteristics and cigarette smoking.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on August 01, 2003

Authors

J Ahern1, K E Pickett, S Selvin, B Abrams

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1: Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. jahern@nyam.org

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