Women's autonomy, education and contraception use in Pakistan: A national study

Reproductive Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Saleem, Shabana ^a   Bobak, Martin ^b  

^a Federal Government Services Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 27744575356     PISSN: 17424755     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-2-8     Document Type: Review

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