Parental attitudes about a pregnancy predict birth weight in a low-income population

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-149

  Keeley, Robert D ^a,d   Birchard, Alison ^b   Dickinson, Perry ^a   Steiner, John ^a   Dickinson, L Miriam ^a   Rymer, Susan ^a   Palmer, Blake ^c   Derback, Torri ^a   Kempe, Allison ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boulder County Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Infant low birth weight; Maternal fetal relations; Paternal behavior; Pregnancy; Unwanted

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HAPPINESS; HISPANIC; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLORADO; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 2942696671     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.57     Document Type: Article

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