Do young women in tropical regions constitute a recognized social category?

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 201-207

  Ahlberg, Beth Maina ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

health care; initiation; ritual ceremonies; sexuality; social change; socialization; young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; TROPICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH--WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; TROPICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S ISSUE; YOUNG WOMEN; YOUTH;

EID: 0030607614     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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