Social and ethnic differences in attendance for antenatal care in England

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1363-1372

  Rowe, R E ^a   Magee, H ^b   Quigley, M A ^a   Heron, P ^b   Askham, J ^b   Brocklehurst, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PICKER INSTITUTE EUROPE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; MATERNAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOCIAL INCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55949119541     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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