Unsafe abortion: Worldwide estimates for 2000

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 10, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 13-17

  Åhman, Elisabeth ^a   Shah, Iqbal ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contraception and unplanned pregnancy; Research methodology; Unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AFRICA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTRACEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036589367     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(02)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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