Teenage contraceptive use in Iceland: A gender perspective

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Bender, Sóley S ^a   Kosunen, Elise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contraceptive use; Gender; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 13744261430     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2005.22104.x     Document Type: Review

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