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The long-term effects of adolescent pregnancies in a community in Northern Ghana on subsequent pregnancies and births of the young mothers

BACKGROUND: In Ghana, adolescents represent 22% of the total population. The rates of adolescent pregnancies are high. Of all births registered in the country in 2014, 30% were by adolescents, and 14% of adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years had begun childbearing. Pregnancies and deliveries of a...

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Autores principales: Yussif, Anne-Sophie, Lassey, Anyetei, Ganyaglo, Gabriel Yao-kumah, Kantelhardt, Eva J., Kielstein, Heike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-017-0443-x