High Rates of Postneonatal Infant Mortality Generally Reflect

question 21

Multiple Choice

High rates of postneonatal infant mortality generally reflect

• A) poverty, malnutrition, and poor living conditions.
• B) birth defects.
• C) high rates of teenage pregnancy.
• D) genetic defects.
• E) biological differences between races.

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Definitions:

Misdiagnosis

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Screening

The process of testing for disease conditions in individuals who do not show symptoms in order to detect diseases at an early stage.