Measuring gynecological morbidity: Evaluating two different data sources from beirut

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-265

  Deeb, Mary ^a   Ghorayeb, Francoise ^b   Kabakian Khasholian, Tamar ^c   Yeretzian, Joumana ^a   Aswad, Naji ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEBANON; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0038660918     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390183561     Document Type: Article

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