Fear of inability to conceive in pregnant adolescents

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1411-1416

  White, Emily ^a   Rosengard, Cynthia ^b   Weitzen, Sherry ^b   Meers, Ann ^b   Phipps, Maureen G ^b  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33845448155     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000240137.99609.2e     Document Type: Article

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