Levels, trends, and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Iran: The role of contraceptive failures

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 299-317

  Erfani, Amir ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FERTILITY; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

IRAN;

EID: 84883373138     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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