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Is Racism Behind High Infant Mortality Rates Among African-Americans?

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by Megan Carpentier, RH Reality Check

May 5, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

What role does racism play in the disgracefully high rates of low birth-weight, prematurity, and infant deaths among African-American infants and the high rate of maternal death among African-American women?

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