Turkish Adolescents' Knowledge on and Attitude toward Emergency Contraception

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-395

  Bozkurt, Nuray ^a   Korucuoǧlu, Ümit ^a   Aksakal, F Nur ^a   Biri, Aydan ^a   Çiftçi, Banu ^a   Maral, Işil ^a   Tiraş, Bülent ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contraceptives; Emergency contraception; Morning after pills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURETTAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 33845392004     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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