Health Beliefs and Practices among Arab Women

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 178-182

  Kridli, Suha Al Oballi ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabs; Birth control; Childbirth; Contraception; Islam; Menstruation; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ARABS; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036580804     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200205000-00010     Document Type: Article

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