Unwanted pregnancy and associated factors among pregnant married women in Hosanna town, Southern Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hamdela, Belayneh ^a   G mariam, Abebe ^b   Tilahun, Tizta ^b  

^a Hossana College of Health Sciences   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIED WOMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

EID: 84862848420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039074     Document Type: Article

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