Defining and measuring unintended pregnancy: Issues and concerns

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 234-240

  Petersen, Ruth ^a   Moos, Merry K ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SURVEY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0030826823     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(97)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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