Contraceptive behaviour of abortion seekers in Sri Lanka

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-18

  De Silva, W Indralal ^a   Dayananda, R Asoka ^b   Nishanti Perera, N W P D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Population Services Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Contraceptive dynamics; Induced abortion; Non use of contraception; Side effects; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FERTILITY; HEALTH IMPACT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33744942919     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730500441442     Document Type: Article

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