Assessment of reproductive health and violence against women among displaced syrians in lebanon

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Reese Masterson, Amelia ^a   Usta, Jinan ^b   Gupta, Jhumka ^a   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Refugee; Reproductive health; Stress; Syria; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEBANON; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PELVIC PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFUGEES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYRIA; VIOLENCE; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894266017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-25     Document Type: Article

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