Descriptive terms for women attending antenatal clinics: Mother knows best?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1233-1236

  Byrne, Dominic L ^a   Asmussen, Tilo ^a   Freeman, Janet M ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0033804573     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11612.x     Document Type: Article

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