The Effect of Early Marriages and Early Childbearing on Women’s Nutritional Status in India

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1864-1880

  Goli, Srinivas ^a   Rammohan, Anu ^b   Singh, Deepti ^c  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Early childbearing; Early marriage; India; Nutritional status; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937813413     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1700-7     Document Type: Article

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