Birth control, pregnancy and abortion among adolescents in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-34

  Tangmunkongvorakul, Arunrat ^a   Banwell, Cathy ^b   Carmichael, Gordon ^b   Utomo, Iwu Dwisetyani ^c   Sleigh, Adrian ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abortion; Adolescents; Birth control; Pregnancy; Sexual experience; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PREGNANCY;

CHIANG MAI [CHIANG MAI (PRV)]; CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; THAILAND;

EID: 79952374797     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2011.544902     Document Type: Article

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