Reproductive health problems and help seeking behavior among adolescents in Urban India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 509-513

  Joshi, Beena N ^a   Chauhan, S L ^a   Donde, U M ^a   Tryambake, V H ^a   Gaikwad, N S ^a   Bhadoria, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent Friendly Centers (AFC); Health seeking behavior; Reproductive health; School health checkup

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOL; CHILD; INDIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REPRODUCTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746695567     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02759896     Document Type: Article

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