Pregnancy wantedness in adolescents presenting for pregnancy testing

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 296-300

  Bloom, Kathaleen C ^a   Hall, Debbie S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Proton Therapy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Pregnancy in adolescence; Pregnancy tests; Pregnancy, unwanted

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033228363     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-199911000-00007     Document Type: Article

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