Psychosocial factors and preterm birth among African American and white women in central North Carolina

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1358-1365

  Dole, Nancy ^a,b   Savitz, David A ^a,b   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a,b,c   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a,b   McMahon, Michael J ^b,d   Buekens, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS;

EID: 3442901064     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1358     Document Type: Review

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