Misunderstanding the Risk of Conception from Unprotected and Protected Sex

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Biggs, M Antonia ^a   Foster, Diana Greene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTION; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LATINA; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SAFE SEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872274135     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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