Interpersonal conflict and physical abuse in relation to pregnancy and infant birth weight

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 847-853

  Grimstad, Hilde ^a,b   Schei, Berit ^a   Backe, Bjørn ^a   Jacobsen, Geir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b University Medical Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 0032874513     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152460999319165     Document Type: Article

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