Inadequate prenatal care and maternal country of birth: A retrospective study of southeast Spain

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-204

  Martínez García, Encarnación ^a   Olvera Porcel, Mo Carmen ^b,c   De Dios Luna Del Castillo, Juan ^b,c   Jiménez Mejías, Eladio ^b,c   Amezcua Prieto, Carmen ^b,c   Bueno Cavanillas, Aurora ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maternal country of birth; Modified Kotelchuck indexes; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MOROCCO; MULTIPARA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SPAIN; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84870290040     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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