Association between prenatal care and small for gestational age birth: an ecological study in Quebec, Canada

Background: In Quebec, women living on low income receive a number of additional prenatal care visits, determined by their area of residence, of both multi-component and food supplementation programs. We investigated whether increasing the number of visits reduces the odds of the main outcome of sma...

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Main Authors: N. Savard, P. Levallois, LP. Rivest, S. Gingras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Health Agency of Canada 2016-07-01
Series:Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada
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Online Access:https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice/vol-36-no-7-2016/association-between-prenatal-care-small-gestational-age-birth-ecological-study-quebec-canada.html