Acculturation and low-birthweight infants among Latino women: A reanalysis of HHANES data with structural equation models

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 394-396

  Cobas, José A ^a,b   Balcazar, Hector ^b   Benin, Mary B ^a   Keith, Verna M ^a   Chong, Yinong ^c  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029866104     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.3.394     Document Type: Article

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