Infant health production functions: What a difference the data make

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 761-782

  Reichman, Nancy E ^a   Corman, Hope ^b,c   Noonan, Kelly ^b,c   Dave, Dhaval ^c,d  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant health; Prenatal care; Prenatal illicit drug use; Prenatal smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; ADDICTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT WELFARE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 70149113818     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1402     Document Type: Article

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