Predictors of unintended pregnancy among married women in hamadan, western Iran: A case-control study

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 854-859

  Cheraghi, Parvin ^a   Poorolajal, Jalal ^b   Moeini, Babak ^c   Cheraghi, Zahra ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contraception; Family planning; Induced abortion; Iran; Unplanned pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886935594     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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