## Background: The objective is to study racial differences in infant mortality attributable to birth defects (imbd) in the united states. ## Methods: We analyzed 1989-1991 and 1995-2002 linked birth/death files for trends and racial differences in imbd by selected categories of birth defects for
An overview of infant mortality and birth defects in the United States
β Scribed by Petrini, Joann; Damus, Karla; Johnston, Richard B.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-3709
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