Female Education and Maternal Mortality: A Worldwide Survey

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 983-990

  McAlister, Chryssa ^a   Baskett, Thomas F ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human development; Maternal mortality; Maternal welfare; Women's education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POLITICS; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; READING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; EDUCATION; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 36048961867     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32294-0     Document Type: Article

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