Women's health priorities and interventions

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages 4-9

  Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Khosla, Rajat ^a   Laski, Laura ^b   Mathews, Zoe ^c   Say, Lale ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDBIRTH; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 84945931747     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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