Ethnic differences in antenatal care use in a large multi-ethnic urban population in the Netherlands

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-41

  Choté, Anushka A ^a   de Groot, Christianne J M ^b,c   Bruijnzeels, Marc A ^a   Redekop, Ken ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^c   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Foets, Marleen ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenatal care use; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; MINORITY GROUP; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MINORITY GROUPS; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURINAME; TURKEY; WEST INDIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79151483672     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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