Initiation of prenatal care by low-income Hispanic women in Houston

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 536-540

  Byrd, Theresa L ^a,b   Mullen, Patricia Dolan ^a,c   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^a,c   Lorimor, Ronald ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b El Paso MPH Program   (United States)

^c Dept of Behav Sci and Hlth Educ ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0029860438     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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