The feasibility of European reproductive health indicators

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-386

  Gissler, Mika ^a,b   Hannikainen Ingman, Katri ^a   Donati, Serena ^c   Jahn, Albrecht ^d   Da Silva, Miguel Oliveira ^e   Hemminki, Elina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c ISS Istituto Superiore di Sanita   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Health interview survey; Health monitoring; Health statistics; Reproductive health indicators

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLAMYDIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DELIVERY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LATVIA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POLAND; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPAIN; URINE INCONTINENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 64749110514     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180802344257     Document Type: Article

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