Knowledge of and attitude to contraception among migrant woman workers in mainland China

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1685-1695

  Ip, Wan Yim ^a   Chan, Man Yu ^b   Chan, Dominic S K ^a   Chan, Carmen W H ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitudes; China; Knowledge; Nursing; Sexual health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CHINA; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 79955773321     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03404.x     Document Type: Article

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