The effectiveness of antenatal care programmes to reduce infant mortality and preterm birth in socially disadvantaged and vulnerable women in high-income countries: A systematic review

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hollowell, Jennifer ^a   Oakley, Laura ^a   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^a   Brocklehurst, Peter ^a   Gray, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL CARE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 79751535911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-13     Document Type: Article

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