Practices and perceptions on intrauterine contraception among Latvian obstetrician-gynecologists

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 583-588

  Viberga, Ilze ^a,b,c   Odlind, Viveca ^b   Zodzika, Jana ^a  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contraception; Gynecologist; Intrauterine device; Knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LATVIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; LATVIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33744998923     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600590451     Document Type: Article

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