Women's empowerment and the intention to continue the practice of female genital cutting in Egypt

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-160

  Afifi, Mustafa ^a  

^a MOH ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Education; Egypt; Empowerment; FGC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIED WOMAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; MOTHER; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 67649792174     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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