Contraceptive use and incidence of pregnancy among women after HIV testing in Abidjan, Ivory Coast;Pratiques contraceptives et incidence des grossesses chez des femmes après un dépistage VIH à Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-86

  Brou, H ^a,b   Viho, I ^c   Djohan, G ^b   Ekouevi D K ^c   Zanou, B ^b   Leroy, V ^d   Desgrees du Lou A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquee ENSEA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TREICHVILLE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Contraception; HIV; Mother to child HIV transmission; Pregnancies; Women

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PILL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PUERPERIUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; COTE D'IVOIRE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349203851     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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