The changing association between prenatal participation in WIC and birth outcomes in New York City: What does it mean?

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 687-690

  Bitler, Marianne P ^a   Currie, Janet ^b,c  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NBER ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW YORK CITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 26444581709     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20132     Document Type: Review

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