Na shariram nadhi, my body is mine: The urban women's health movement in India and its negotiation of modernity

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 617-631

  Ram, Kalpana ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH BELIEF; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0032409685     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(98)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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