Prenatal hospitalization and compliance with guidelines for prenatal care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 815-819

  Haas, Jennifer S ^a   Berman, Susan ^a   Goldberg, Alisa B ^a   Lee, Laura W K ^c   Cook, E Francis ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030000854     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.6.815     Document Type: Article

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