Socioeconomic correlates of reproductive morbidity among adolescent girls in Sikkim, India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-150

  Mishra, Shailendra Kumar ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Susmita ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

adolescent; India; reproductive morbidity; socioeconomic factors; treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIKKIM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SIKKIM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857253840     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510375842     Document Type: Article

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