Women's position within the household as a determinant of maternal health care use in Nepal

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Furuta, Marie ^a   Salway, Sarah ^b  

^a ST MARY S COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY PLANNING; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645699821     PISSN: 01903187     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3201706     Document Type: Article

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