The impact of social factors on attendance at antenatal care services and the subsequent effect on mothers' health, measured during the years of economic transition in Latvia

European Clinics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-51

  Rezeberga, Dace ^a   Lazdane, Gunta ^a   Donders, Gilbert G G ^b  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Genital infections; HIV; Intrauterine growth restriction; Latvia; Reproductive tract infections; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947601173     PISSN: 16133412     EISSN: 16133420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11296-007-0063-z     Document Type: Article

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