Validity of insurance information on California birth certificates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 813-816

  Braveman, Paula ^a,c   Pearl, Michelle ^a   Egerter, Susan ^a   Marchi, Kristen ^a   Williams, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031840509     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.5.813     Document Type: Article

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