Medical-legal partnerships as a strategy to improve social causes of stress and disease

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2014, Pages e6-e7

  Teufel, James ^a   Heller, Shannon Mace ^c   Dausey, David J ^a,b  

^a MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Baltimore City Hlth Dept Chest C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911115552     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302268     Document Type: Letter

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