Adequacy of prenatal care utilization

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 602-603

  Kotelchuck, Milton ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031226647     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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