Antenatal care: Provision and inequality in rural north India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1147-1158

  Pallikadavath, Saseendran ^a   Foss, Mary ^a   Stones, R William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Health services; India; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; TETANUS TOXOID;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2942572868     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.11.045     Document Type: Article

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