Child welfare clients have higher risks for teenage childbirths: Which are the major confounders?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 592-597

  Brännström, Lars ^a   Vinnerljung, Bo ^a   Hjern, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 84984693600     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw057     Document Type: Article

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