Positive pregnancy outcomes in Mexican immigrants: What can we learn?

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 783-790

  Page, Robin L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Childbearing; Low birth weight; Mexican immigrant women; Pregnancy outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16344374969     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884217504270595     Document Type: Review

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