Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Contraceptive Method Choice in California

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Shih, Grace ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Steinauer, Jody ^a   Dehlendorf, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RACE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052513383     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4317311     Document Type: Article

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