Legal termination of pregnancy among teenagers and older women in Soweto, 1999 - 2001

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 729-731

  Buchmann, E J ^a   Mensah, K ^a   Pillay, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; URBAN AREA;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036740545     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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