Birth interval: Perceptions and practices among urban-based Saudi Arabian women

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 881-892

  Rasheed, Parveen ^a   Al Dabal, B K ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34848823066     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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