Measuring the intensity of pregnancy planning effort

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-105

  Morin, Pascale ^a,b,f   Payette, Hélène ^c   Moos, Merry K ^e   St Cyr Tribble, Denise ^a,b,c   Niyonsenga, Théophile ^d   De Wals, Philippe ^g  

^a CLSC de la Region Sherbrookoise   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CLSC de Regn Sherbrookoise SSPER   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; INFERTILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; NORTH CAROLINA; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038315374     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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