Relevance of Gender-Sensitive Policies and General Health Indicators to Compare the Status of South Asian Women's Health

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-18

  Gill, Roopan ^a   Stewart, Donna E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLITICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIA, WESTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 78650725171     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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