Antenatal and maternal health care utilization: Evidence from northeastern states of India

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 683-695

  Chakrabarti, Anindita ^a   Chaudhuri, Kausik ^b,c  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDIA ROLE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VILLAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247575198     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500439036     Document Type: Article

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