Unintended pregnancy among female sex workers in Mekelle city, northern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Weldegebreal, Rishan ^a   Melaku, Yohannes Adama ^a   Alemayehu, Mussie ^a   Gebrehiwot, Tesfay Gebregzabher ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Contraceptive; Ethiopia; Female sex workers; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924260236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1366-5     Document Type: Article

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