Emergency contraception: Knowledge and practices of tertiary students in Durban, South Africa

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-445

  Roberts, Candice ^a   Moodley, J ^a,b   Esterhuizen, Tonya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 3042663167     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610410001685619     Document Type: Article

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