Kal dristi, stolen babies and 'blocked uteruses': Poverty and infertility anxieties among married adolescent women living in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-166

  Rashid, Sabina Faiz ^a  

^a BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURETTAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34547205227     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470701381465     Document Type: Article

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