Contraception, reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes among women exposed to intimate partner violence in Nigeria

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-25

  Okenwa, Leah ^a   Lawoko, Stephen ^a   Jansson, Bjarne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contraception; Intimate partner violence; Nigeria; Reproductive health outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL ABUSE; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 78751500264     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2010.534515     Document Type: Article

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