The relationship between prenatal health behavior advice and low birth weight

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-339

  Sable, Marjorie R ^a   Herman, Allen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0030806729     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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