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Racial Disparity in Infant Mortality Rates Widens
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Title Racial Disparity in Infant Mortality Rates Widens
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/569323?src=rss
Description The disparity in infant mortality rates in the United States between blacks and whites continues to widen, according to a report in the January American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reuters Health Information
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Date Jan 29, 2008
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