Teenage births and final adult height of mothers in India, 1998-1999

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-191

  Brennan, Lance ^a   McDonald, John ^a   Shlomowitz, Ralph ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 14644405010     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003006515     Document Type: Article

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