A community-wide infant mortality review: Findings and implications

Public Health Reports

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-177

  Closkey, Lois Mc ^a   Plough, Alonzo L ^a   Power, Mph Karen L ^a   Higgins, Cathlen A ^a   Cruz, Alba N ^a   Brown, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a University School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032884721     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phr/114.2.165     Document Type: Article

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