Postnatal care in low-income urban African American women: Relationship to level of prenatal care sought

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

  York, Ruth ^a   Tulman, Lorraine ^a   Brown, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHILADELPHIA; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033629851     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200302     Document Type: Article

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