Postpartum Amenorrhoea in Ethiopia: The Role of Weaning, Child Death, and Socioeconomic Factors

Social Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 80-95

  Berhanu, Betemariam ^a   Hogan, Dennis ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PUERPERIUM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BREAST FEEDING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 0032017277     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1998.9988965     Document Type: Article

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