Priorities for women's health from the Global Burden of Disease study

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-90

  Ribeiro, Priscila S ^a   Jacobsen, Kathryn H ^b   Mathers, Colin D ^c   Garcia Moreno, Claudia ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Environmental Science and Technology Center   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Women's Health; World Health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; MALARIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 46549089460     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.01.025     Document Type: Article

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