The Risk of Teen Mothers Having Low Birth Weight Babies: Implications of Recent Medical Research for School Health Personnel

Journal of School Health

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 271-275

  Roth, Jeffrey ^a   Hendrickson, Jo ^b   Schilling, Max ^c   Stowell, Daniel W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Florida Netwk Adol Pregnancy P   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENTAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUMMARY REPORT; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; MATERNAL AGE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PARENTAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SUMMARY REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032150063     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1998.tb00581.x     Document Type: Article

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