Reproductive health, the Arab world and the internet: Usage patterns of an Arabic-language emergency contraception web site

Contraception

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-137

  Foster, Angel M ^a   Wynn, Lisa ^b   Rouhana, Aida ^c   Polis, Chelsea ^a   Trussell, James ^b  

^a IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health Promotion Consultant ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabic language; Emergency contraception; Health education; Internet; Middle East; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ARAB WORLD; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE;

EID: 22044449749     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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