Inequalities in perinatal and maternal health

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-108

  De Graaf, Johanna P ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Bonsel, Gouke J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

inequalities; maternal morbidity; maternal mortality; perinatal morbidity; perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBESITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84874949165     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32835ec9b0     Document Type: Review

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