Unsafe abortions: Methods used and characteristics of patients attending hospitals in nairobi, lima, and manila

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-53

  Ankomah, Augustine ^a   Aloo Obunga, Colette ^b   Chu, Magdalena ^c   Manlagnit, Alicia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b National Council for Population and Development   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION SEEKERS; ABORTION SURVEYS; ABORTION, ILLEGAL; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; KENYA; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERU; PHILIPPINES; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STATISTICS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ABORTION SEEKERS; ABORTION SURVEYS; ABORTION, ILLEGAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AMERICAS; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; KENYA; LATIN AMERICA; PERU; PHILIPPINES; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERU; PHILIPPINES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030637620     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339709516258     Document Type: Article

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