Missouri rural adolescent pregnancy project (MORAPP)

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 355-362

  Anderson, Norma E ^a   Smiley, Dolores V ^a   Flick, Louise H ^a   Lewis, Cecilia Y ^a  

^a S Louis Univ School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Rural urban; Social services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MISSOURI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034265427     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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