Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9547, 2006, Pages 1595-1607

  Glasier, Anna ^a   Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^b   Schmid, George P ^b   Moreno, Claudia Garcia ^b   Van Look, Paul FA ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEATH; FAMILY PLANNING; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL CARE; POLITICS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33750610460     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69478-6     Document Type: Review

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