Women's status and health of two ethnic groups inhabiting a periurban habitat of Kolkata City, India: A micro-level study

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 194-211

  Ghosh, Rohini ^a   Bharati, Premananda ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; POVERTY; READING; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 15944398639     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330590917753     Document Type: Article

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