Assessing the prevalence and determinants of adolescents' unintended pregnancy and induced abortion in Owerri, Nigeria

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 619-632

  Okereke, Chukwunenye Iheanacho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957289207     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000179     Document Type: Article

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