Detecting induced abortions from reports of pregnancy terminations in DHS calendar data

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-43

  Magnani, Robert J ^a   Rutenberg, Naomi ^b,c   McCann, H Gilman ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^c Palladium Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; ERROR SOURCES; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICS; TURKEY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WESTERN ASIA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ERROR SOURCES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; TURKEY; WESTERN ASIA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; TURKEY;

EID: 0029687903     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2138076     Document Type: Article

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