Unintended pregnancies among young women living in urban slums: Evidence from a prospective study in Nairobi City, Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Beguy, Donatien ^a   Mumah, Joyce ^a   Gottschalk, Lindsey ^b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; MARRIAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905103201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101034     Document Type: Article

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