Low birth weight: A women's health issue

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 223-230

  Johnson, Tracy ^a   Drisko, Jodi ^b   Gallagher, Kaia ^b   Barela, Crystal ^b  

^a Dept Hlth Care Plcy Financing S ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MODEL; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COLORADO; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032751594     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(99)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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