Improving adolescent reproductive health in Asia and the Pacific: Do we have the data? A review of DHS and MICS surveys in nine countries

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-144

  Gray, Natalie ^a,b   Azzopardi, Peter ^a   Kennedy, Elissa ^a   Willersdorf, Elise ^a   Creati, Mick ^a,b,c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescent health; health informatics; inequalities in health; maternal and child health; reproductive epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874845453     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511417423     Document Type: Review

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