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Teenage pregnancy rates and associations with other health risk behaviours: a three-wave cross-sectional study among South African school-going adolescents

BACKGROUND: Teenage pregnancy still remains high in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), as well as in high-income countries (HIC). It is a major contributor to maternal and child morbidity and mortality rates. Furthermore, it has social consequences, such as perpetuating the cycle of poverty inc...

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Autores principales: Jonas, Kim, Crutzen, Rik, van den Borne, Bart, Sewpaul, Ronel, Reddy, Priscilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27142105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-016-0170-8