Relating health policy to women's health outcomes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1776-1784

  Wisdom, Jennifer P ^a   Berlin, Michelle ^a   Lapidus, Jodi A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Infant mortality; Mortality rates; State level health policy, USA; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

HEALTH POLICY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22144445582     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.03.030     Document Type: Article

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