Risk factors for pregnancy among adolescent girls in Ecuador's Amazon basin: a case-control study Factores de riesgo de embarazo en adolescentes de la cuenca amazónica de Ecuador: estudio de casos y controles

OBJECTIVE: To examine risk factors for pregnancy among adolescent girls in the Amazon basin of Ecuador. METHODS: A matched case-control study with cases and controls identified within a community-based demographic and health survey was conducted in Orellana, Ecuador, from May to November 2006. A que...

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Main Authors: Isabel Goicolea, Wulff Marianne, Ann Öhman, Miguel San Sebastian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2009-09-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009000900006