Associations between environmental quality and infant mortality in the United States, 2000-2005

• Main Authors: Achal P. Patel (Author), Jyotsna S. Jagai (Author), Lynne C. Messer (Author), Christine L. Gray (Author), Kristen M. Rappazzo (Author), Stephanie A. Deflorio-Barker (Author), Danelle T. Lobdell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The United States (U.S.) suffers from high infant mortality (IM) rates and there are significant racial/ethnic differences in these rates. Prior studies on the environment and infant mortality are generally limited to singular exposures. We utilize the Environmental Quality Index...