Trends in maternal and infant health in poor urban neighborhoods: Good news from the 1990s, but challenges remain

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-417

  Howell, Embry M ^a   Pettit, Kathryn L S ^a   Kingsley, G Thomas ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VITAL STATISTICS; INFANT WELFARE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22844449986     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000408     Document Type: Article

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