Family Structure and Child Health Outcomes in the United States

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 527-548

  Bass, Loretta E ^a   Warehime, M Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Baptist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; OFFICE VISITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053415442     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2011.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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