Socio-economic factors explain differences in public health-related variables among women in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Khan, Md Mobarak H ^a   Kraemer, Alexander ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERVIEW; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 49149093863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-254     Document Type: Article

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