Brazilian adolescents' knowledge and beliefs about abortion methods: A school-based internet inquiry

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mitchell, Ellen M H ^a   Heumann, Silke ^b   Araujo, Ana ^c   Adesse, Leila ^d   Halpern, Carolyn T ^e  

^a AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Adolescents; Brazil; Emergency contraception; Internet; Misoprostol; Pregnancy; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893659637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-27     Document Type: Article

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