Unintended pregnancy influences racial disparity in Tubal sterilization rates

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Borrero, Sonya ^a,b   Moore, Charity G ^a   Qin, Li ^a   Schwarz, Eleanor B ^a   Akers, Aletha ^a   Creinin, Mitchell D ^a,c   Ibrahim, Said A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority women; Tubal sterilization; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951127880     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1197-0     Document Type: Article

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