Across the fertility lifespan: Desire for pregnancy at conception

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Aquilino, Mary Lober ^a   Losch, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Pregnancy intention; Unintended pregnancy; Unplanned pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044514676     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200507000-00010     Document Type: Article

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