Local and institutional interpretations of IUDs in southwestern Nigeria

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1141-1148

  Renne, Elisha P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family planning; Infertility; IUD; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0030898602     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00249-3     Document Type: Article

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