Morbidity status of widows in India

Health and Population: Perspectives and Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-184

  Swain, Pushpanjali ^a   Meitei, M Hemanta ^a   Raj, T P Sherin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Prevalence; Standard living index; Widows

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; WIDOW;

EID: 13444270621     PISSN: 02536803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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