Women's health and their childbearing expectations and outcomes: A population-based survey from Victoria, Australia

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 366-373

  Holton, Sara ^a,b   Rowe, Heather ^a,b   Fisher, Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80052375460     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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