Impact of rurality on maternal and infant health indicators and outcomes in Maine

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Harris, D E ^a   Aboueissa, A M ^a   Baugh, N ^a   Sarton, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health indicators; Infant; Maternal; Prenatal care; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAINE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; MAINE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938633494     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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