Physical and nonphysical partner abuse and other risk factors for low birth weight among full term and preterm babies: A multiethnic case-control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 714-726

  Campbell, Jacquelyn ^a   Torres, Sara ^b   Ryan, Josephine ^c   King, Christine ^c   Campbell, Doris W ^d   Stallings, Rebecca Y ^e   Fuchs, Sandra C ^e,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Battered women; Birth weight; Domestic violence; Pregnancy; Spouse abuse; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033214024     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010074     Document Type: Article

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