Prenatal care in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico;La atencion prenatal en la ciudad fronteriza de Tijuana, Mexico

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-101

  Ramirez Zetina M ^a,b   Richardson, V ^c   Avila H ^d   Caraveo, V E ^d   Salomon R E ^e   Bacardi, M ^e   Jimenez Cruz A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Emiliano Zapata 1423   (Mexico)

^c Hosp Inst Seguridad Servicios S   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBEARING; HEALTH CARE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; APGAR SCORE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; MEXICO; TIJUANA;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0342804397     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892000000200005     Document Type: Article

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