Low birth weight, social factors, and developmental outcomes among children in the United States

Demography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 353-368

  Boardman, Jason D ^a   Powers, Daniel A ^b   Padilla, Yolanda C ^b   Hummer, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036579683     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088343     Document Type: Article

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