Patterns of antenatal care in low-versus high-risk pregnancies in Lebanon

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-276

  El Kak, F ^a   Chaaya, M ^a   Campbell, O ^b   Kaddour, A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK REDUCTION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEBANON; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 26044473334     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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