The girl child: Health status in the post-independence period

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 42-45

  Patel, Vibhuti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREJUDICE; SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038005596     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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