CPIPRWomen living in a predominantly Black neighborhood gave birth to infants that weighted less, on average, than women living neighborhoods where less than 75% of the residents were Black.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34378455
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Measuring the Effect of Neighborhood Racial Segregation on Fetal Growth - PubMed
Prior studies of neighborhood racial segregation and intrauterine growth have not accounted for confounding factors in early life. We used the Life-Course Influences on Fetal Environment Study of births to Black women in metropolitan Detroit, 2009-2011, (<i>N</i> = 1,408) to examine whether health a …