Prenatal biopsychosocial risk assessment and low birthweight

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1107-1114

  Herrera, Julian A ^a,c   Salmerón, Bertha ^b   Hurtado, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b Gynaecology and Obstetric Department   (Honduras)

^c NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Biopsychosocial model; Low birthweight; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APGAR SCORE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URUGUAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030902190     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00240-7     Document Type: Article

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