Grandmother co-residence, parenting, and child development among low income, urban teen mothers

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 218-226

  Black, Maureen M ^a   Nitz, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Child development; Failure to thrive; Grandmother; Teen parent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029968487     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-139X(95)00168-R     Document Type: Article

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