Public health approaches to community-based needs Boston's: Infant mortality crisis as a case study

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 527-534

  Rorie, Joanna L ^a   Richardson, Kerry A ^a   Gardner, Roxane ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031263356     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(97)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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