An evaluation of the Kessner Adequacy of Prenatal Care Index and a proposed Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index.

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Published in Am J Public Health on September 01, 1994

Authors

M Kotelchuck1

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1: Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7400.

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