Language and ethnic minorities in the Netherlands
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OBJECTIVES To investigate differences in perinatal death rate and associated obstetric risk factors between ethnic groups in the Netherlands. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study based on the 1990-1993 birth cohorts in the National Obstetric Registry. SUBJECTS 569,743 births of which 85,527 were for women belonging to ethnic minorities. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Perinatal death occurring between...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of the Sociology of Language
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0165-2516,1613-3668
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1988.73.85