Teenage Pregnancy and the Influence of Paternal Involvement on Fetal Outcomes

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 404-409

  Alio, Amina P ^a   Mbah, Alfred K ^b   Grunsten, Ryan A ^b   Salihu, Hamisu M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant morbidity; Infant SGA; Paternal involvement; Preterm birth; Racial disparities; Social support; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MOTHER; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATERNALISM; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VERY PRETERM BIRTH;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHERS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 81255211312     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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