Family planning and the burden of unintended pregnancies

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-174

  Tsui, Amy O ^a   McDonald Mosley, Raegan ^b   Burke, Anne E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

contraception; contraceptive behavior; family planning services; pregnancy outcome; pregnancy, unplanned; reproduction

Indexed keywords

COITUS; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TRANSMISSION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955001106     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxq012     Document Type: Review

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