Beyond reproduction: Women's health in today's developing world

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1144-1148

  Raymond, Susan U ^a   Greenberg, Henry M ^a,b   Leeder, Stephen R ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Chronic diseases; Developing countries; Resource allocation; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH AND DISEASE; REPRODUCTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERIODICALS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27544471293     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi121     Document Type: Article

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