Unsafe induced abortions among adolescent girls in Lusaka

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 654-676

  Dahlbäck, Elisabeth ^a,d   Maimbolwa, Margaret ^b   Kasonka, Lackson ^c   Bergström, Staffan ^a   Ransjö Arvidson, Anna Berit ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^d Division of International Health IHCAR   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 34547650864     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330701462223     Document Type: Article

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