Medicaid and Prenatal Care: Necessary but Not Sufficient

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 17, 1990, Pages 2264-2265

  Guyer, Bernard ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025147405     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450170112033     Document Type: Article

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