Experience and acceptability of medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol among U.S. women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-262

  Beckman, Linda J ^a   Harvey, S Marie ^b,c  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Pacific Institute for Women's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030881854     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(97)00117-5     Document Type: Article

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