Doing the month: rickets and post-partum convalescence in rural China

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 588-596

  Strand, Mark A ^a,b   Perry, Judith ^b   Guo, Jinzhi ^b   Zhao, Jinping ^c   Janes, Craig ^d  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shanxi Evergreen Service   (China)

^c Yuci Women and Children's Health Centre   (China)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Health beliefs; Rickets; Traditional Chinese medicine; Zuo yuezi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; RICKETS; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RICKETS; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 69949092222     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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