Increased health risks of children with single mothers: The impact of socio-economic and environmental factors

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 469-475

  Scharte, Marion ^a   Bolte, Gabriele ^a  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; OVERWEIGHT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878326672     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks062     Document Type: Article

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