Quantifying the adequacy of prenatal care: A comparison of indices

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 408-419

  Alexander, Greg R ^a   Kotelchuck, Milton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0029814824     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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