Gender inequity in Saudi Arabia and its role in public health

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-118

  Mobaraki, A E H ^a   Soderfeldt B ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; FRACTURE; GENDER BIAS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYGAMY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEXISM; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORK;

EID: 76749087585     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.1.113     Document Type: Review

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