Inequalities in maternal health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7696, 2009, Pages

  Pollock, Wendy ^a   King, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEGRO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859008692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b357     Document Type: Editorial

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