Abortion: Knowledge and perceptions of adolescents in two districts in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 556-561

  Mutungi, A K ^a   Karanja, J G ^b   Kimani, V N ^b   Rogo, K O ^b   Wango, E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEX EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033201811     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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