Living conditions, contraceptive use and the choice of induced abortion among pregnant women in Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 293-299

  Rasch, Vibeke ^a   Wielandt, Hanne ^b   Knudsen, Lisbeth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

contraception; induced abortion; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAPHRAGM; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; JOB SATISFACTION; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARAMETER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; PARITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038519779     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210134167     Document Type: Article

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