Antenatal care packages with reduced visits and perinatal mortality: A secondary analysis of the WHO antenatal care trial - Comentary: Routine antenatal visits for healthy pregnant women do make a difference

Reproductive Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hofmeyr, G Justus ^a   Hodnett, Ellen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84876941017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-20     Document Type: Review

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