US Fertility Prevention as Poverty Prevention. An Empirical Question and Social Justice Issue

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 355-364

  Romero, Diana ^a   Agénor, Madina ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 70350334538     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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