Evaluation of the London Measure of Unplanned pregnancy in a United States population of women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Morof, Diane ^a   Steinauer, Jody ^a   Haider, Sadia ^b   Liu, Sonia ^c   Darney, Philip ^a   Barrett, Geraldine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONDON MEASURE OF UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859847232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035381     Document Type: Article

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