Gender and unwanted pregnancy: A community-based study in rural Ghana

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-255

  Geelhoed, D ^a   Nayembil, D ^b   Asare, K ^b   Van Leeuwen, J H Schagen ^b   Van Roosmalen, J ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Ghana; Induced abortion; Unwanted pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036956691     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674820209074679     Document Type: Article

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