Family planning knowledge, attitude and practice amongst males in a Nigerian urban population

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-134

  Obionu, C N ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; MALE ATTITUDES; POPULATION FERTILITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

NIGERIA, ENUGU;

EID: 0031837919     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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