The past and present practices and continuing controversies of preconception care

Community Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-60

  De Weerd, Sabina ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Preconception care; Preconception counseling; Pregnancy outcome; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

EID: 0036424309     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064631     Document Type: Article

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