Maternal reports of child health status and health conditions: The influence of self-reported maternal health status

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-317

  Pastor, Patricia N ^a   Reuben, Cynthia A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

child health conditions; child health status; maternal health status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960522073     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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