Infertility in Central Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 354-367

  Larsen, Ulla ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Childlessness; Gabon; Induced abortion; Sexually transmitted infections; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CHILDBEARING; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; INFERTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GABON; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBFERTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, CENTRAL; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037396352     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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