Rates of voluntary paternity establishment for infants born to unmarried adolescents

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 764-770

  Phipps, Maureen G ^a   Rosengard, Cynthia ^b   Weitzen, Sherry ^b   Boardman, Lori A ^b  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Birth certificates; Paternity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENTHOOD; PATERNITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 27144529893     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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