Trends in maternal and child health outcomes: Where does Wisconsin rank in the national context?

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 42-47

  Kvale, Katherine M ^a   Mascola, Maria A ^b,c   Glysch, Randall ^a   Kirby, Russell S ^d   Katcher, Murray L ^c,e  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c DHFS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL CARE; VITAL STATISTICS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 13644256904     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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