Evaluation of prenatal care information on birth certificates

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-121

  McDermott, Jeanne ^a,b,c   Drews, Carolyn ^a   Green, Diane ^b   Berg, Cynthia ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MotherCare/JSI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031400795     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1997.d01-4.x     Document Type: Article

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