“Following through”: addressing the racial inequality for preterm infants and their families

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    • David K. Stevenson
    • , Ronald J. Wong
    • , Jochen Profit
    • , Gary M. Shaw
    •  & Henry C. Lee

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    • C. Jason Wang

  3. Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    • C. Jason Wang

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D.K.S., R.J.W., J.P., G.M.S., C.J.W., and H.C.L. contributed to the writing and approval of the final version of the manuscript.

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Stevenson, D.K., Wong, R.J., Profit, J. et al. “Following through”: addressing the racial inequality for preterm infants and their families. Pediatr Res (2019) doi:10.1038/s41390-019-0602-6

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