Induced Abortion Potential among Indian Women

Social Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 278-288

  Mishra, U S ^a   Ramanathan, Mala ^b   Rajan, S Irudaya ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^b Achuta Menon Ctr Hlth Sci Studs   (India)

^c SCT Institute of Medical Sciences and Tech   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH LIMITING; BIRTH SPACING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUCED ABORTION; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICS; TIME; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIRTH LIMITING; BIRTH SPACING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; INDIA; NEEDS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; TIME FACTORS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032152783     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1998.9988979     Document Type: Article

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