Unintended pregnancy and its risk factors among university students in eastern China

Contraception

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-113

  Ma, Qiaoqin ^a,b   Ono Kihara, Masako ^b   Cong, Liming ^a   Xu, Guozhang ^c   Pan, Xiaohong ^a   Zamani, Saman ^b   Ravari, Shahrzad Mortazavi ^b   Kihara, Masahiro ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NINGBO MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Abortion; Contraceptive use; Students; Unintended pregnancy; University

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUAL VALIDITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONDOMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS;

EID: 38349127029     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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