Contraception and pregnancy then and now: Examining the experiences of a cohort of mid-age Australian women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-433

  Read, Christine ^a   Bateson, Deborah ^a   Weisberg, Edith ^a   Estoesta, Jane ^a  

^a Sydney Centre for Reproductive Health Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contraception; Unplanned Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; DRUG USE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VASECTOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350150807     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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