Evaluation of a public-private certified nurse-midwife maternity program for indigent women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 675-679

  Lenaway, Dennis ^a   Koepsell, Thomas D ^b   Vaughan, Thomas ^b,c   Van Belle, Gerald ^b   Shy, Kirkwood ^b   Cruz Uribe, Federico ^d  

^a Boulder County Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d Tacoma Pierce County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NURSE; POVERTY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0031851618     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.4.675     Document Type: Article

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