A study on health status of women engaged in a home-based "papad-making" industry in a slum area of Kolkata

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-36

  Roy, Sima ^a,c   Dasgupta, Aparajita ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

'papad' industry; Felt needs; Health; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMATITIS;

EID: 44349174400     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.40814     Document Type: Article

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