Contraception: Attitudes and experiences of Saudi Arabian women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 134-139

  Al Turki, Haifa Abdulaziz ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARABS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651517757     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.536280     Document Type: Article

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