Women's health: Life span: Conception to adolescence

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7117, 1997, Pages 1227-1230

  Craft, Naomi ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANTICIDE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0031560208     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7117.1227     Document Type: Short Survey

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