Identifying women at risk of unintended pregnancy: A comparison of two pregnancy readiness measures

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 441-443

  Brunner Huber, Larissa R ^a   Lyerly, Jordan E ^a   Farley, Katie E ^a   Alkhazraji, Tami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Pregnancy readiness; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CAUCASIAN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879438448     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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