Contraception use and unplanned pregnancies among injection drug-using women in St Petersburg, Russia
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Contraception use and unplanned pregnancies among injection drug-using women in St Petersburg, Russia.
BACKGROUND This cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence of contraceptive methods and investigated whether abortion rates influence contraceptive behaviour among injection drug-using (IDU) women in St Petersburg, Russia. METHODOLOGY A self-administered questionnaire of behaviour in the last 3 months was applied to a convenient sample of IDU women. RESULTS Of 80 sexually active partici...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-1893,2045-2098
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2011-0079