Prenatal care, birth outcomes and newbom hospitalization costs: Patterns among Hispanics in New Jersey

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Reichman, Nancy E ^a   Kenney, Genevieve M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRENATAL CARE; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344193621     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991681     Document Type: Article

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