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    <language>eng</language>
          <publisher>Oriental Scientific Publishing Company</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia</journalTitle>
          <issn>0973-1245</issn>
            <publicationDate>2016-02-10</publicationDate>
    
        <volume>5</volume>
        <issue>1</issue>

 
    <startPage>187</startPage>
    <endPage>192</endPage>

	    <publisherRecordId>6581</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">Emergency contraception; knowledge, perception and practice among female undergraduates in a University community in Nigeria</title>

    <authors>
	 


      <author>
       <name>N. U.Ifeanyi</name>

 
		
	<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
    

	 


      <author>
       <name>U. E.Onyebuchi</name>


		
	<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>

      </author>
    

	 


      <author>
       <name>A.U.Bond</name>

		
	<affiliationId>3</affiliationId>
      </author>
    

	 


      <author>
       <name>O. A. Kanayo</name>

		
	<affiliationId>4</affiliationId>
      </author>
    


	 


      <author>
       <name>Dim Cyril</name>

		
	<affiliationId>5</affiliationId>
      </author>
    


	
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		<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Physiology/Obstetrics and Gynaecology College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, (Nigeria) </affiliationName>
    

		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu , (Nigeria) </affiliationName>
    
		
		<affiliationName affiliationId="3">Department of Physiology, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, (Nigeria)</affiliationName>
    
		
		
		
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    <abstract language="eng">Despite the availability, safety and efficacy of emergency contraception, the prevalence of unwanted pregnancy and thus, induced abortion, in our schools continue to increase worldwide especially in developing countries. The present study was undertaken to access the knowledge, perception and practice of emergency contraception amongst female undergraduates in University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, South Eastern Nigeria</abstract>

    <fullTextUrl format="html">https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol5no1/emergency-contraception-knowledge-perception-and-practice-among-female-undergraduates-in-a-university-community-in-nigeria/</fullTextUrl>



      <keywords language="eng">
        <keyword>Emergency; contraception; undergraduates; Sexual intercourse; unwanted pregnancies</keyword>
      </keywords>

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