Good health status of rural women in the reproductive ages

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 132-155

  Bourne, Paul Andrew ^a   Rhule, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Good health status; Health status; Jamaica; Rural women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77953211642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18404529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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