Teenage fertility rates falling in South Africa [8]

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 442-443

  Moultrie, Tom A ^a   McGrath, Nuala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTION; FERTILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TREND STUDY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34447100581     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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