Images of health and health care options among low income women in Punjab, Pakistan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1483-1491

  Winkvist, Anna ^a   Akhtar, Humaira Zareen ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Health; Health care; Pakistan; Reproduction; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPECTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL STATUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030660642     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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