Reproductive health risk and protective factors among unmarried youth in Ghana

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-24

  Karim, Ali Mehryar ^a   Magnani, Robert J ^a   Morgan, Gwendolyn T ^b   Bond, Katherine C ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Rockefeller Foundation   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; HEALTH RISK; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; YOUNG POPULATION;

GHANA;

EID: 0038474237     PISSN: 01622749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180997     Document Type: Article

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