Clinical, provider and sociodemographic predictors of late initiation of antenatal care in England and Wales

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-273

  Kupek, Emil ^a   Petrou, Stavros ^b   Vause, Sarah ^c   Maresh, Michael ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0036516567     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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