Urban poverty and utilization of maternal and child health care services in India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 433-449

  Prakash, Ravi ^a   Kumar, Abhishek ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878530691     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932012000831     Document Type: Article

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