"Single-Parent Family" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
	which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
	
	
		
			
			
				A household that includes children and is headed by one adult.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D020954
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 F01.829.263.750 I01.880.853.150.750 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Single-Parent Family- Single-Parent Family
 - Single Parent Family
 - Families, Single Parent
 - Family, Single Parent
 - Single Parent Families
 - Family, Single-Parent
 - Families, Single-Parent
 - Single-Parent Families
 
  One-Parent Family- One-Parent Family
 - Families, One-Parent
 - Family, One-Parent
 - One-Parent Families
 - One Parent Family
 - Families, One Parent
 - Family, One Parent
 - One Parent Families
 
  
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Single-Parent Family" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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Father absence, body mass index, and pubertal timing in girls: differential effects by family income and ethnicity. J Adolesc Health. 2011 May; 48(5):441-7.