Adolescence and abortion in Greece: Women's profile and perceptions

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 321-326

  Mavroforou, Anna ^a,b   Koumantakis, Evgenios ^a   Michalodimitrakis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abortion; Adolescent; Greece; Teenage

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAW; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 9744224422     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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