Addressing poverty, education, and gender equality to improve the health of women worldwide

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 580-589

  Tyer Viola, Lynda A ^a   Cesario, Sandra K ^b  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Millennium development goalspovertyeducationequitywomen

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956232546     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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