Understanding the Gender Aspects of Tuberculosis: A Narrative Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Women With TB in Slums of Delhi, India

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-18

  Khan, Koushambhi Basu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; STEREOTYPING; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858633314     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.610541     Document Type: Article

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