The Use of Oral Contraceptives Among Finnish Teenagers from 1981 to 2003

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 649-655

  Hassani, Kobra Falah ^a   Kosunen, Elise ^b,c   Rimpelä, Arja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Oral contraceptives; Trend

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33749517397     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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