Article: Research findings from D.E. Dailey et al update understanding of birth weight.(Clinical report)

Article: New study disputes commonly held theories about race and infant ...
Jet;  November 17, 1997 ;     678 words ... ... genetic concept of race as it relates to birth weight. In the study, which appeared in the ... countries have babies whose average birth weight is less than four ounces below that ... study found that the incidence of low birth weight (less than five-and-a-half pounds ...

Article: Racial disparities in cardiovascular health linked to ...
NewsRx Health & Science;  November 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... states that the average birth weight among African-American babies is approximately ... lower than the average birth weight of whites, a difference ... of the contemporary African-American population. Keywords: Birth Weight, Cardiology, Cardiovascular ...

Article: PREGNANT AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN FACE BARRIERS TO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Infants born to African American women are twice as likely to be born low birth weight when compared to ... risk factor for low birth weight and African American women are at a higher risk for low birth weight infants than the ...

Article: The 21st Century: Improving the Health of African ...
Washington Informer;  March 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... concerning their health. African American women suffer disproportionately ... American women. In addition, African American women have maternal mortality ... infant mortality and low-birth weight rates. African American women of the District of ...

Article: POLLUTION LINKED TO LOW BIRTH WEIGHT.(CAPITAL ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 18, 2003 ;     577 words ... ... troubling because low birth weight and smaller skulls have ... s birth to the 263 African-American and Dominican women ... a reduction in both birth weight and skull circumference among the African-American babies exposed to high ...

Article: Neighborhood variables a rationale for birth weight ...
Women's Health Weekly;  March 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Public Health. "For African-American mothers only, mean birth weight decreased significantly ... support and infant birth weight. Adding these neighborhood ... adjusted White versus African-American difference in birth weight to 124 g," stated ...

Article: Higher rates among African Americans linked to low birth ...
Immunotherapy Weekly;  June 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... explained by low birth weight. The study population ... of whom were African American. Asthma and low birth weight were reported more ... Studies indicate African American women are two to ... deliver a baby of low birth weight (5.5 pounds ...