Obstacles to modern contraceptive use among married women in southern urban Maldives

Contraception

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-134

  Nagase, T ^a   Kunii, O ^b   Wakai, S ^b   Khaleel, A ^c  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Health Maldives   (Maldives)

Author keywords

Barriers; Communication; Contraceptive; Dissatisfaction; Family planning; Maldives

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MALDIVES; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042329373     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(03)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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