A clinical guideline for intrauterine device use in adolescents

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 453-462

  Smith, Ellen ^a   Daley, Alison Moriarty ^b  

^a US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Clinical practice guidelines; Contraception; Evidence based practice; Reproductive health; Review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864330533     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2012.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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