Antenatal care adequacy in three provinces of Vietnam: Long an, Ben tre, and Quang ngai

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 468-475

  Trinh, Lieu Thi Thuy ^a   Dibley, Michael John ^a   Byles, Julie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; VIETNAM;

EID: 33746502731     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100417     Document Type: Article

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