Promotion of the health of rural women towards safe motherhood - An intervention project in Northeast Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages 5-21

  Saowakontha, Sastri ^a   Pongpaew, Praneet ^b   Vudhivai, Niyomsri ^b   Tungtrongchitr, Rungsunn ^b   Sanchaisuriya, Pattara ^a   Mahaweerawat, Udomsak ^c   Laohasiriwong, Wongsa ^a   Intarakhao, Chalor ^a   Leelapanmetha, Pichet ^d   Chaisiri, Kamron ^d   Vatanasapt, Vanchai ^a   Merkle, Alfred ^e   Schelp, Frank P ^f  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Provincial Chief Health Office   (Thailand)

^e Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; THAILAND;

EID: 17344380390     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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