Poverty during pregnancy: Its effects on child health outcomes

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 673-677

  Larson, Charles P ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Child health; Poverty; Pregnancy; Review; Social paediatrics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFE STRESS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 36749006128     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/12.8.673     Document Type: Article

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