Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy in Lagos, Nigeria

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-188

  Anorlu, Rose I ^a   Oluwole, Ayodeji ^a   Abudu, Olalekan Olantunji ^a   Adebajo, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ectopic; Pregnancy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; ONSET AGE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 14044274185     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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