Abortion: Behaviour of adolescents in two districts in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 541-546

  Mutungi, A K ^a   Wango, E O ^b   Rogo, K O ^b   Kimani, V N ^b   Karanja, J G ^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; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; KENYA; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033202354     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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