Characteristics of antenatal care attenders in a rural population in Tamil Nadu, South India: A community-based cross-sectional study

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 327-333

  Nielsen, Birgitte Bruun ^a   Liljestrand, Jerker ^b   Thilsted, Shakuntala Haraksingh ^c   Joseph, Abraham ^d   Hedegaard, Morten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Attendance; Developing countries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0035525169     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2001.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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