The problem of illegally induced abortion: Results from a hospital-based study conducted at district level in Dar es Salaam

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 495-502

  Rasch, Vibeke ^a   Muhammad, Hamed ^b   Urassa, Ernest ^c   Bergström, Staffan ^d  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Dodoma Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abortion; Induced; Socio economic; Spontaneous; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; HEALTH IMPACT; MATERNAL HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DAR ES SALAAM; TANZANIA;

EID: 0033859925     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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