Teenage conceptions, abortions, and births in England, 1994-2003, and the national teenage pregnancy strategy

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Volumn 368, Issue 9550, 2006, Pages 1879-1886

  Wilkinson, Paul ^a   French, Rebecca ^b   Kane, Ros ^a   Lachowycz, Kate ^a   Stephenson, Judith ^b   Grundy, Chris ^a   Jacklin, Paul ^a   Kingori, Patricia ^b   Stevens, Maryjane ^a   Wellings, Kaye ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33751182598     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69777-8     Document Type: Article

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