Teenage pregnancy: Who suffers?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-245

  Paranjothy, S ^a   Broughton, H ^a   Adappa, R ^b   Fone, D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; APGAR SCORE; CHILDBIRTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTHOOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 61449130513     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.115915     Document Type: Review

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