Awareness of and attitude toward hormonal emergency contraception among married women in Kuwait

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-201

  Ball, Douglas E ^a   Marafie, Najlaa ^a   Abahussain, Eman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OBSTETRIC CARE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; ISLAM; KUWAIT; MARITAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33645634841     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.194     Document Type: Article

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