Ethnophysiology and contraceptive use among low-income women in urban Brazil

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 428-452

  De Bessa, Gina Hunter ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746814146     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600629617     Document Type: Article

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