The New England journal of medicine
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Differing birth weight among infants of U.S.-born blacks, African-born blacks, and U.S.-born whites.
In the United States, the birth weights of infants of black women are lower than those of infants of white women. The extent to which the lower birth weights among blacks are related to social or genetic factors is unclear. ⋯ The birth-weight patterns of infants of African-born black women and U.S.-born white women are more closely related to one another than to the birth weights of infants of U.S.-born black women.
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The prevalence and characteristics of acetaminophen-associated liver injury in hospitalized patients are not well defined. ⋯ In an urban county hospital, patients hospitalized with acetaminophen toxicity related to accidental misuse had higher rates of morbidity and mortality than those who attempted suicide, even though the latter had taken more acetaminophen. A higher frequency of chronic alcohol abuse among the patients with accidental overdoses may be one explanation.