Early marriage, poor reproductive health status of mother and child well-being in India

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 136-145

  Prakash, Ravi ^a   Singh, Abhishek ^b   Pathak, Praveen Kumar ^c   Parasuraman, Sulabha ^b  

^a KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^c SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STUNTING; SURVIVAL; UNDERWEIGHT; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79961083282     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2011-0080     Document Type: Article

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