Contraceptive Use Among Low-Income Urban Married Women in India

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 376-382

  Kumar, Manisha ^a   Meena, Jyoti ^a   Sharma, Sumedha ^a   Poddar, Anju ^b   Dhalliwal, Vikas ^b   Modi Satish Chander Modi, S C ^b   Singh, Kamlesh ^c  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Balak Ram Hospital   (India)

^c KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; Birth Control; Contraception; Education; Low Income; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIED WOMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

EID: 79551501947     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02047.x     Document Type: Article

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