Threats to maternal and child well-being in rural communities in Ngamiland, Botswana

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 917-938

  Ngwenya, Barbara N ^a   Nnyepi, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052865792     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.603860     Document Type: Article

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