Awareness of hormonal emergency contraception among married women in a Kuwaiti family social network

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-222

  Marafie, Najlaa ^a   Ball, Douglas E ^a   Abahussain, Eman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Awareness; Emergency contraception; Islam; Kuwait; Levonorgestrel

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; LEVONORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 33846225655     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.05.023     Document Type: Article

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