Probability of contraceptive continuation and its determinants

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 526-539

  Mahdy, N H ^a   El Zeiny, N A ^b  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; METHODOLOGY; PARITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN;

EID: 0033122982     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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