African American mothers in south central Los Angeles: Their fears for their newborn's future

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 264-268

  Schuster, Mark A ^a,b   Halfon, Neal ^a,b,c   Wood, David L ^a,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEGRO; NEWBORN PERIOD; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD REARING; CRIME; FEAR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MOTHERS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031915979     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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