Disadvantaged populations in maternal health in China who and why?

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yuan, Beibei ^a,b   Qian, Xu ^c   Thomsen, Sarah ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Disadvantaged populations; Equity; Maternal health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS; EQUITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHINA; DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS; EQUITY; MATERNAL HEALTH;

CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880150420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19542     Document Type: Article

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