Reproductive health and access to healthcare facilities: Risk factors for depression and anxiety in women with an earthquake experience

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Anwar, Jasim ^a   Mpofu, Elias ^a   Matthews, Lynda R ^a   Shadoul, Ahmed Farah ^b   Brock, Kaye E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access to Health Facilities; Anxiety; Depression; Disaster; Earthquake; Mental Health; Pakistan; Reproductive Health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CHECKLIST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959661238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-523     Document Type: Article

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