Women's postpartum practices and chronic pain in rural China

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-212

  Wang, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Zhou, Suizan ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Wang, Jinlan ^b   Löfstedt, Petra ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b Maternal and Child Health Institute   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

"Doing the month"; China; Chronic pain; Traditional postpartum practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849092377     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0336-2     Document Type: Article

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