Factors associated with pregnancy among adolescents in low-income and lower middle-income countries: A systematic review

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 918-924

  Pradhan, Rina ^a   Wynter, Karen ^a   Fisher, Jane ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ADOLESCENCE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DATABASE; EDUCATION; INCOME; LOW INCOME POPULATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944171516     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-205128     Document Type: Review

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