Postpartum health in a Dhaka slum

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-320

  Uzma, Amatul ^a   Underwood, Peter ^a   Atkinson, David ^a   Thackrah, Rose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health care providers; Malnutrition; Postpartum; Slums

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERIUM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0032960526     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00319-0     Document Type: Article

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