Importance of pre-pregnancy counseling in Iran: Results from the high risk pregnancy survey 2012

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-218

  Eslami, Mohammad ^a   Yazdanpanah, Mahdieh ^a   Taheripanah, Robabeh ^b   Andalib, Parnian ^a   Rahimi, Azardokht ^a   Nakhaee, Nouzar ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health planning; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Women s health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002425612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2013.39     Document Type: Article

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