Use of contraception in women who present for termination of pregnancy in inner London

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 377-382

  Price, S J ^a   Barrett, G ^a,d   Smith, C ^b   Paterson, C ^c  

^a Kensington Chelsea Westminster H ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Contraception; Ethnicity; Inner London; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CONCEPTION; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NAUSEA; NEGRO; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030720309     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(97)00086-3     Document Type: Article

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