Pregnancy test taking is a correlate of unsafe sex, contraceptive nonadherence, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections in adolescent and young adult women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 339-343

  Rahman, Mahbubur ^a   Berenson, Abbey B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANILINGUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876216079     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2012.4029     Document Type: Article

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