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Peer reviewedHelsel, Deborah; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
Reproductive factors for Hmong immigrants (mothers of 1,937 children) were compared with those of 3,776 white, non-Hispanic women. Despite a high proportion of births at high parity and advanced maternal age, Hmong women gave birth to very low birth weight babies at about the same rate as white women. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Asian Americans, Birth Rate, Birth Weight
