Socio-economic support for good health in rural Malawi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 168-171

  Kulmala, T ^c   Vaahtera, M ^b   Ndekha, M ^a   Cullinan, T ^a   Salin, M L ^a,b   Koivisto, A M ^b   Ashorn, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Mannheim League for Child Welfare ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALAWI; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034376196     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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