Prenatal Care and Medical Risk in Low-Income, Primiparous, Mexican-Origin and African American Women

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-359

  Zambrana, Ruth E ^a   Scrimshaw, Susan C M ^b   Dunkel Schetter, Christine ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030476576     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089920     Document Type: Article

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