Teenage pregnancy - Causes and concerns

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 516-519

  Gupta, Neeru ^a   Jain, Sharda ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Lifecare   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Anaemia; Pregnancy related complications; Unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ANEMIA; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; INDIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149142724     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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