Health and well-being of urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women at their first antenatal visit: A cross-sectional study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-90

  Maher, Clare M ^a,b   Spurling, Geoffrey K P ^a,b   Askew, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a Inala Indigenous Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; antenatal care; primary health care; Urban

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES; ANTENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895066648     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12159     Document Type: Article

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