Family structure and children's health in the United States: Findings from the national Health Interview Survey, 2001-2007

Vital and Health Statistics, Series 10: Data from the National Health Survey

Volumn 10, Issue 246, 2010, Pages 1-29

  Blackwell, Debra L ^a  

^a Division of Health Interview Statistics

Author keywords

Access to care; Emotional or behavioral difficulties; Health and limitations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953156545     PISSN: 00831972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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