Timing of incarceration during pregnancy and birth outcomes: exploring racial differences.
OBJECTIVES: To examine whether there are racial differences in the relation between the timing of incarceration during pregnancy and birth outcomes among incarcerated pregnant women. METHODS: We examined the medical records associated with 360 infants born to pregnant inmates in Texas state prisons...
| Publicado en: | Maternal & Child Health Journal Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 457 - 467 |
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Springer Nature
Jul2009
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