A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves understanding the effects of race and of maternal smoking.docVIP

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMedCentral Research article Open Access A parsimonious explanation for intersecting perinatal mortality curves: understanding the effects of race and of maternal smoking K S Joseph*1, Kitaw Demissie2, Robert W Platt3, Cande V Ananth4, Brian J McCarthy5 and Michael S Kramer3 Address: 1Perinatal Epidemiology Research Unit, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry