Access and utility as reflections of cultural constructions of pregnancy

Primary Care Update for Ob/Gyns

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 98-104

  Whiteford, Linda M ^a   Szelag, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034611986     PISSN: 1068607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1068-607X(00)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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