The influence of proximity of prenatal services on small-for-gestational- age birth

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-31

  Heck, Katherine E ^a,c   Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^a   Chavez, Gilberto F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b CA Department of Health Services   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel models; Prenatal care; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CENSUSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036479722     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013828226004     Document Type: Article

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