Disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001.
CONTEXT: Many pregnancies are unintended, particularly in certain population groups. Determining whether unintended pregnancy rates and disparities in rates between subgroups are changing may help policymakers target reproductive health services to those women most in need. METHODS: To calculate rat...
| Publicado en: | Perspectives on Sexual & Reproductive Health Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 90 - 97 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2006
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