Beyond the medical model: Research on social factors and preterm delivery

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 170-172

  Rowley, D L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b MS/K40 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual analysis; Multilevel model; Preterm delivery; Social determinants; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001718505     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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