The impact of personal problems on accessing prenatal care in low-income urban African American women

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-60

  York, Ruth ^a   Grant, Christine ^b   Tulman, Lorraine ^a   Rothman, Ronni H ^c   Chalk, Laura ^d   Perlman, Dana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Tallgate OB/GYN   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032599933     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200052     Document Type: Review

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