Measuring reproductive health: Review of community-based approaches to assessing morbidity

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 640-654

  Sadana, Ritu ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Developed countries; Developing countries; Disease notification; Epidemiological studies; Health surveys; Methods; Reproductive medicine; Review literature

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

BANGLADESH; BOLIVIA; CHINA; EGYPT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NIGERIA; PHILIPPINES; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

COMMUNITY SURVEYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDICINE; MORBIDITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0034101210     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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