"Who am I? Where am I?" Experiences of married young women in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hamid, Saima ^a,b   Johansson, Eva ^a,c   Rubenson, Birgitta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ETHICS; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIED WOMAN; MENARCHE; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SEXUALITY; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; NARRATION; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 69049102129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-265     Document Type: Article

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