Racial differences in genetic and environmental risk to preterm birth.

Preterm birth is more prevalent in African Americans than European Americans and contributes to 3.4 times more African American infant deaths. Models of social inequity do not appreciably account for this marked disparity and molecular genetic studies have yet to characterize whether allelic differe...

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Main Authors: Timothy P York, Jerome F Strauss, Michael C Neale, Lindon J Eaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2928274?pdf=render