Emergency contraceptive use among 5677 women seeking abortion in Shanghai, China

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1612-1618

  Meng, C X ^a,b   Gemzell Danielsson, K ^b   Stephansson, O ^b   Kang, J Z ^c   Chen, Q F ^a   Cheng, L N ^a,c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Shanghai Institute of Family Planning Technical Instruction   (China)

Author keywords

Contraception; Emergency contraceptive pills; Fertility awareness; Induced abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNSAFE SEX; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 69149087788     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep064     Document Type: Article

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