Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancies amongst women attending antenatal clinics in Pakistan

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Habib, Muhammad Atif ^a,b   Raynes Greenow, Camille ^c   Nausheen, Sidrah ^b   Soofi, Sajid Bashir ^b   Sajid, Muhammad ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^b   Black, Kirsten I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contraceptive methods; Family planning; London measure of unplanned pregnancies; Pakistan; Unintended pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERACY; LONDON MEASURE OF UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PARITY; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019708720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1339-z     Document Type: Article

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