Birth outcomes across ethnic groups of women in Nepal

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-54

  Acharya, Pratima Poudel ^a   Alpass, Fiona ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0842308904     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490253210     Document Type: Article

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