Teenage childbearing as cultural prism

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue , 2004, Pages 155-166

  Geronimus, Arline T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAREER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142760829     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldh019     Document Type: Review

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