Ambivalence and pregnancy: Adolescents' attitudes, contraceptive use and pregnancy

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 248-257

  Brückner, Hannah ^a   Martin, Anne ^b   Bearman, Peter S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; ETHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 19644382024     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 15386341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3624804     Document Type: Article

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