Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 68-71 , January 2006

Characterizing low-income Latina adolescent mothers: Living arrangements, psychological adjustment, and use of services

  • Erum Nadeem, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Erum Nadeem, UCLA-Semel Institute Health Services Research Center, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
    • ,
  • Shannon E. Whaley, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Public Health Foundation Enterprises’ Women, Infants, and Children Program, Irwindale, California
    • ,
  • Sharen Anthony, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Foundation Enterprises’ Women, Infants, and Children Program, Irwindale, California

Received 11 June 2003 ,Accepted 20 January 2005.

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PII: S1054-139X(05)00090-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.01.013

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 68-71 , January 2006

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