Why Iranian married women use withdrawal instead of oral contraceptives? A qualitative study from Iran

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rahnama, Parvin ^a   Hidarnia, Alireza ^a   Shokravi, Farkhondeh Amin ^a   Kazemnejad, Anoushiravan ^a   Oakley, Deborah ^b   Montazeri, Ali ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; COITUS INTERRUPTUS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MARRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952678635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-289     Document Type: Article

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