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Ghanaian women's accounts of their work and their health

Bibliographic Data

ID5061696
AuthorsJoyce Yaa Avotri (McMaster University), Vivienne Walters (McMaster University)
Year1999
Volume48
Issue9
Pages1123-1133
Publication date1999-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00422-5
PMID10220014
OpenAlexW1973422843
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited13

Environmental health · Health care · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Reproductive health · Sociology · Women's work · Work (physics · Worry · Global Maternal and Child Health · Law · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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Unique citing works55
Citations per year2,2
Citation span2001 - 2023 (23)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 53
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