Feto-infant health and survival: Does paternal involvement matter?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 931-937

  Alio, Amina P ^a,b   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a,b   Kornosky, Jennifer L ^a   Richman, Alice M ^a   Marty, Phillip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Low birth weight; Paternal involvement; Prenatal health behaviors

Indexed keywords

FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW;

FATHERS; FEMALE; FETAL MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 78651373609     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0531-9     Document Type: Article

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