Citation

Downe S, Finlayson K, Walsh D, Lavender T. BJOG 2009; 116(4): 518-529.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02067.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Background  In high-resource settings around 20% of maternal deaths are attributed to women who fail to receive adequate antenatal care. Epidemiological evidence suggests many of these women belong to marginalised groups often living in areas of relative deprivation. Reasons for inadequate antenatal attendance have yet to be fully evaluated.