The Risk Factor for Maternal Morbidity is Racism, not Race

Am J Perinatol 2024; 41(S 01): e3241
DOI: 10.1055/a-2209-4568

Letter to the Editor

¹Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

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Sudarshan Krishnamurthy

²Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Himali Weerahandi

³Department of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

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