Preconception care: An essential preventive strategy to improve children's and women's health

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-379

  Van Der Zee, Boukje ^a   De Beaufort, Inez ^a   Temel, Sevilay ^a   De Wert, Guido ^b   Denktas, Semiha ^a   Steegers, Eric ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

child and maternal health; ethics; Preconception care; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79961069878     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.13     Document Type: Article

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