Social disadvantage as a risk for first pregnancy among adolescent females in the United States

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 538-541

  Upadhya, Krishna K ^a   Ellen, Jonathan M ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Adolescent pregnancy; Adolescent sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055014526     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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