Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 37-45 , July 2001

Adolescent pregnancy, infant mortality, and source of payment for birth: Alabama residential live births, 1991–1994

  • Anita J Cowden (Dr.P.H.)

      Affiliations

    • Alabama Department of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (A.J.C.)
    • ,
  • Ellen Funkhouser (Dr.P.H.)

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (E.F.)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ellen Funkhouser, Dr.P.H., Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 230P Ryals, 1665 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022

,Accepted 15 December 2000.

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