The relationship between condition-specific morbidity, social support and material deprivation in pregnancy and early motherhood

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1325-1336

  Baker, Deborah ^a   Taylor, Hazel ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Material deprivation; Maternal health; Pregnancy; Social support

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; MATERIAL DEPRIVATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030839610     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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