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Social-psychological characteristics of adolescent mothers and behavioral characteristics of their first-born infants

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  1. Nashville General Hospital, Nashville, USA

    F. Joseph McLaughlin, Howard M. Sandler, Kathryn Sherrod, Peter M. Vietze & Susan O'Connor

  2. George Peabody College for Teachers, Box 151, 37203, Nashville, Tennessee

    F. Joseph McLaughlin, Howard M. Sandler, Kathryn Sherrod, Peter M. Vietze & Susan O'Connor

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This research was supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Center for Population Research, Contract Number: N01-HD-62869, awarded to the John F. Kennedy Center, George Peabody College.

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Joseph McLaughlin, F., Sandler, H.M., Sherrod, K. et al. Social-psychological characteristics of adolescent mothers and behavioral characteristics of their first-born infants. Popul Environ 2, 69–73 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00972602

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