School-based health centers and the decline in Black teen fertility during the 1990s in Denver, Colorado

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1588-1592

  Ricketts, Sue A ^a   Guernsey, Bruce P ^a  

^a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COLORADO; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33748048801     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.059816     Document Type: Article

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