Reorienting women's health in low- and middle-income countries: The case of depression and Type 2 diabetes

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mendenhall, Emily ^a   Weaver, Lesley Jo ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiological transition; Life course; Social determinants; Type 2 diabetes; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE COURSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION; LIFE COURSE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS; TYPE 2 DIABETES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84894027777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.22803     Document Type: Article

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