Maternal and child health in a marginalized community along the Thai-Myanmar border

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-160

  Wichaidit, Wit ^a   Kaewkungwal, Jaranit ^a   Sirivichayakul, Chukiat ^a   Taechaboonsermsak, Pimsurang ^a   Suvithayasiri, Visut ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NAVAMINDRADHIRAJ UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Karen people; Marginalization; Maternal and child health; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 79953751056     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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