Influence of husband domestic support on maternal morbidity in rural Nepal

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1009-1017

  Wasti, Dipa ^a   Lim, Apiradee ^b   Pathak, Ram Sharan ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Age of women; Husband help; Husband's education; Knowledge about maternal health; Maternal health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868604067     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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