Social health problem of adolescent girls aged 15-19 years living in slums of Dibrugarh town, Assam

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages S49-S53

  Barman, Pushpita ^a   Mahanta, Tulika Goswami ^a   Barua, Alak ^a  

^a ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Dibrugarh; Slum; Social health problem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964213223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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