"Women do what they want": Islam and permanent contraception in Northern Tanzania

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 418-429

  Krehbiel Keefe, Susi ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family planning; Islam; Sterilization; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ISLAMISM; RESEARCH; STERILIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RURAL POPULATION; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGWENO;

EID: 33646834561     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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