Measuring unintended pregnancies in postpartum Iranian women: Validation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy;Mesure des grossesses non désirées chez des femmes Iraniennes en postpartum: Validation de l’échelle London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 572-578

  Roshanaei, S ^a   Shaghaghi, A ^a   Jafarabadi, M A ^a   Kousha, A ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; IRAN; LONDON MEASURE OF UNPLANNED PREGNANCY SCORE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84942913800     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2015.21.8.572     Document Type: Article

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