Racial Disparities in Preterm Birth in USA: a Biosensor of Physical and Social Environmental Exposures

Overview

Journal Arch Dis Child

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2019 Mar 10

PMID 30850379

Citations 62

Authors

Heather H Burris

Scott A Lorch

Haresh Kirpalani

DeWayne M Pursley

Michal A Elovitz

Jane E Clougherty

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