The importance of the educated healthy woman in Africa

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9052, 1997, Pages 644-647

  Harrison, Kelsey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031048149     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)02192-2     Document Type: Note

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