Women's status, fertility decline, and women's health in developing countries: Direct and indirect influences of social status on health

Rural Sociology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 255-277

  Wickrama, K A S ^a   Lorenz, Frederick O ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0036297096     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2002.tb00103.x     Document Type: Article

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