Improving perinatal health: A novel approach to improve community and adult health

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-96

  Gaylord, M ^a   Greer, M ^a   Botti, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ATELECTASIS; BIRTH INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FETUS HYDROPS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; INFLUENZA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL HEMORRHAGE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NOTE; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA DISORDER; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38949093547     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211887     Document Type: Note

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