Unauthorised pregnancies and use of maternity care in rural China

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 359-368

  Klemetti, Reija ^a   Regushevskaya, Elena ^a   Zhang, Wei Hong ^b   Wu, Zhuochun ^c   Yan, Hong ^d   Wang, Yang ^e   Hemminki, Elina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; China; Hospital delivery; One child policy; Unauthorised pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; UNAUTHORISED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053015789     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2011.596233     Document Type: Article

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