Smoking, acculturation, and pregnancy outcome among Mexican Americans

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 563-573

  Wolff, Cindy Brattan ^a   Portis, Mary ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030278544     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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