Repeat abortions in Canada, 1975-1993

Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-24

  Millar, Wayne J ^a   Wadhera, Surinder ^a   Henshaw, Stanley K ^b  

^a HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^b GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ABORTION HISTORY; ABORTION SEEKERS; ABORTION SEEKERS, REPEATED; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; CANADA; CONSENSUAL UNION--WOMEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDIES; YOUTH;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031038943     PISSN: 00147354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2953349     Document Type: Article

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