Together forever? Romantic relationship characteristics and prenatal health behaviors

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 745-757

  Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family data sets; Family structure; Fragile families and child wellbeing; Parenting and parenthood; Pregnancy quality; Relationship processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749156007     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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