Awareness of emergency contraception among female college students in Chandigarh, India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 338-346

  Puri, Sonia ^a,c   Bhatia, Vikas ^a   Swami, H ^a   Singh, Amarjit ^b   Sehgal, Alka ^a   Kaur, Amrit ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Awareness; Contraception; Emergency contraceptive pills; Family planning; Female students; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SALPINGECTOMY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VASECTOMY;

EID: 34250175837     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.32681     Document Type: Article

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