Emergency contraceptive knowledge and practice among unmarried women in enugu, Southeast Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 296-299

  Obi, S N ^a   Ozumba, B C ^b  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Enugu; Nigeria; Unmarried women

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349144268     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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