Prenatal Factors and Birth Outcomes in the Public Health Service: A Rural/Urban Comparison

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-70

  Alexy, Betty ^a   Nichols, Brenda ^a   Heverly, Mary Ann ^b   Garzon, Laurel ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Delaware County Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Prenatal factors; Rural urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NURSING RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSING RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031066698     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199702)20:1<61::AID-NUR7>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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