Neighborhood disadvantage, racial concentration and the birthweight of infants born to adolescent mothers

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 663-671

  Madkour, Aubrey Spriggs ^a   Harville, Emily Wheeler ^a   Xie, Yiqiong ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Birthweight; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896492598     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1291-0     Document Type: Article

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