Expanding Concern for Women's Health in Developing Countries. The Case of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-177

  Saliba, Matilda ^a   Zurayk, Huda ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFLICT; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77952586937     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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