Why small black infants have a lower mortality rate than small white infants: the case for population-specific standards for birth weight.

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Published in J Pediatr on January 01, 1990

Authors

A Wilcox1, I Russell

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.

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