Low Birthweight: Do Unwed Fathers Help?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 427-452

  Padilla, Yolanda C ^a   Reichman, Nancy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas ^*

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EID: 0346026395     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(01)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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