Determinant factors in Ecuador related to pregnancy among adolescents aged 15 or less

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-341

  Chedraui, Peter A ^a,b   Hidalgo, Luis A ^a   Chávez, María J ^a   San Miguel, Glenda ^a  

^a Labor U of the Enrique C Sotomayor   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Complications; Early adolescent pregnancy; Pregnancy; Socio demographics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECUADOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3543002884     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2004.063     Document Type: Article

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