Plurality of Birth and Infant Mortality Due to External Causes in the United States, 2000-2010.
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SUBMITTER: Ahrens KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6700729 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
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Plurality of Birth and Infant Mortality Due to External Causes in the United States, 2000-2010.
Ahrens Katherine A KA Thoma Marie E ME Rossen Lauren M LM Warner Margaret M Simon Alan E AE
American journal of epidemiology 20170301 5
Risk of death during the first year of life due to external causes, such as unintentional injury and homicide, may be higher among twins and higher-order multiples than among singletons in the United States. We used national birth cohort linked birth-infant death data (2000-2010) to evaluate the risk of infant mortality due to external causes in multiples versus singletons in the United States. Risk of death from external causes during the study period was 3.6 per 10,000 live births in singleton ...[more]
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