High rate of unintended pregnancy among pregnant women in a maternity hospital in Córdoba, Argentina: A pilot study

Reproductive Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Palena, Celina ^a   Bahamondes, M Valeria ^a,b   Schenk, Verónica ^a   Bahamondes, Luis ^b   Fernandez Funes, Julio ^a  

^a Maternity and Neonatal Hospital   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

EID: 69049095049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-6-11     Document Type: Article

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