Religiosity and teen birth rate in the United States

Reproductive Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Strayhorn, Joseph M ^a,b   Strayhorn, Jillian C ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350655237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-6-14     Document Type: Article

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