Prenatal health behaviors and psychosocial risk factors in pregnant women of mexican origin: The role of acculturation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1022-1026

  Zambrana, Ruth E ^a   Scrimshaw, Susan C M ^b   Collins, Nancy ^c   Dunkel Schetter, Christine ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030850107     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.1022     Document Type: Article

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