Abortion trends 1990-1999 in a Swiss region and determinants of abortion recurrence

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 15-16, 2003, Pages 219-226

  Addor, V ^a   Narring, Françoise ^a   Michaud, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contraception; Emigration; Epidemiology; Immigration; Induced abortion; Primary prevention; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SWITZERLAND; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOW; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

EID: 0038274572     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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