The relationship between utilization of prenatal care and Down syndrome live births

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-311

  Morris, Bruce A ^a,b   Egan, James F X ^a   Fang, Yu Ming Victor ^a   Campbell, Winston A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome live births; Kessner index; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347249210     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050601152936     Document Type: Article

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