Identifying Health Disparities and Social Inequities Affecting Childbearing Women and Infants

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 328-338

  Walker, Lorraine O ^a   Chesnut, Lorie W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparity; Inequity; Infant; Maternal; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954064260     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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