Demographic and health status risk factors in childbearing among Indian women. Evidence from hospital data for the later stages of fertility decline

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-206

  Mcnay, Kirsty ^a  

^a ST CATHARINE S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DECLINE; HEALTH--WOMEN; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHERN ASIA; WOMEN;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034020658     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000001917     Document Type: Review

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