Delayed prenatal care and the risk of low birth weight delivery

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-208

  Hueston, William J ^a   Gilbert, Gregory E ^a   Davis, Lucy ^a   Sturgill, Vanessa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant low birth weight; Infant welfare; Minority groups; Pregnancy; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ASPECT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037985002     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022908307844     Document Type: Article

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