Are some perinatal deaths in immigrant groups linked to suboptimal perinatal care services?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 677-682

  Essén, Birgitta ^a   Bödker, Birgit ^b   Sjoberg N O ^a   Langhoff Roos, Jens ^b   Greisen, Gorm ^b   Gudmundsson, Saemundur ^a   Ostergren P O ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; STANDARD;

ADULT; AFRICA; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERINATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036596046     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(02)01077-7     Document Type: Article

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