Breakage and slippage of condoms among users in North Gondar province, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 481-483

  Mekonen, E ^a   Mekonen, A ^b  

^a Teda Health Centre   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARRIER METHODS; BARRIER METHODS--DETERMINANTS; COITUS; CONDOM; CONDOM FAILURE--DETERMINANTS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--DETERMINANTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; STATISTICS; STUDIES; TIME;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BARRIER METHODS; BARRIER METHODS--DETERMINANTS; COITUS; CONDOM; CONDOM FAILURE--DETERMINANTS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--DETERMINANTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033182762     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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