Monitoring socioeconomic inequity in maternal health indicators in Egypt: 1995-2005

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Khadr, Zeinab ^a,b  

^a Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DELIVERY; EGYPT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MONITORING; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 72849133062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-38     Document Type: Article

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