Women's health and women's empowerment: A locality perspective

Health and Place

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Asthana, Sheena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment strategies and women's health; India; Place specificity of grassroots mobilization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER STUDY; GRASSROOTS ORGANISATION; WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

INDIA;

EID: 0029662537     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1353-8292(95)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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