Duration and determinants of interbirth interval: Community-based survey of women in southern Jordan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-572

  Youssef, Randa M ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE TABLE METHOD; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LIFE TABLES; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646188286     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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