Skewed contraceptive method mix: Why it happens, why it matters

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-521

  Sullivan, Tara M ^a   Bertrand, Jane T ^a   Rice, Janet ^b   Shelton, James D ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALGERIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTRACEPTION; CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EASTERN EUROPE; EGYPT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; KAZAKHSTAN; KUWAIT; KYRGYZSTAN; LIBERIA; MALAWI; MIDDLE EAST; MOLDOVA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SUDAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TURKMENISTAN; UNITED NATIONS; UZBEKISTAN; ZIMBABWE; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VASECTOMY;

CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 33746673951     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005026647     Document Type: Article

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