Prevalence, awareness and determinants of contraceptive use in Qatari women;Prévalence et déterminants de l'utilisation de la contraception et connaissances en la matière chez les femmes qataries

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-18

  Arbab, A A ^a   Bener, A ^a,b   Abdulmalik, M ^c  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 78751544160     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.1.11     Document Type: Article

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