Limits to modern contraceptive use among young women in developing countries: A systematic review of qualitative research

Reproductive Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Williamson, Lisa M ^a   Parkes, Alison ^a   Wight, Daniel ^a   Petticrew, Mark ^b   Hart, Graham J ^c  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEAR; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDLINE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POPLINE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUALITY; SKILL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 61849114199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-6-3     Document Type: Article

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