Untangling the health disparities of teen pregnancy

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-27

  Talashek, Marie L ^a   Alba, Melinda L ^b   Patel, Angira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent pregnancy; Healthcare disparities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MEXICO; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645062961     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2006.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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