Social support for women of reproductive age and its predictors: A population-based study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Baheiraei, Azam ^a,b   Mirghafourvand, Mojgan ^c   Mohammadi, Eesa ^d   Charandabi, Sakineh Mohammad Alizadeh ^c   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866306394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-12-30     Document Type: Article

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