Socio-economic and gender disadvantage affecting physical, mental and reproductive health of women in India

International Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-264

  Sarkar, Narendra Nath ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Economic adversity; HIV; Sexual violence; Social disadvantage; STI

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DYSPAREUNIA; EMPOWERMENT; FATIGUE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POVERTY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; WIDOW;

EID: 54149093526     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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