Prenatal care use, perinatal and infant mortality in Portugal An area-level analysis

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 263-273

  Barros, H ^a   Tavares, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Districts; Ecological study; Infant mortality; Perinatal mortality; Portugal; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542574806     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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