A Call to action: Acculturation level and family-planning paterns of hispanic immigrant women

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-32

  Jones, Mary Elaine ^a   Bond, Mary Lou ^a   Gardner, Sylvia H ^a   Hernandez, Marygrace C ^a  

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Author keywords

Contraception; Emigration; Hispanic american; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEXICO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036368270     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200201000-00009     Document Type: Article

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