Adolescent oral contraceptive use: Factors predicting compliance at 3 and 12 months

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Kalagian, Wyn ^a   Loewen, Irene ^b   Delmore, Terry ^c   Busca, Cheryl ^a  

^a The Regional Municipality of Niagara   (Canada)

^b Jacquie Herman and Associates   (Canada)

^c Halton Region Health Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Birth control; Compliance; Oral contraceptives

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031858754     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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