When the mother is a child: The impact of child marriage on the health and human rights of girls

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 931-935

  Raj, Anita ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MARRIAGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; JUVENILE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 78349311638     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.178707     Document Type: Review

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