Psychiatric admissions of low-income women following abortion and childbirth

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1253-1256

  Reardon, David C ^a   Cougle, Jesse R ^b   Rue, Vincent M ^c   Shuping, Martha W ^d   Coleman, Priscilla K ^e   Ney, Philip G ^f  

^a Elliot Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Institute for Pregnancy Loss   (United States)

^d John Bosco Institute   (United States)

^e BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038413939     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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