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prenatal care  

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  • Prenatal care, also called antenatal care, refers to medical treatment of pregnant women. Though pregnancy is a normal female physiological process, rather than an illness or disease, it still introduces physical risks to the mother and the fetus; therefore, prenatal care's primary emphasis is on reducing and/or eliminating known threats to maternal and infant health. [Source: Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World; Prenatal Care]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GDFL20B7-H

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