Where do rural women obtain postabortion care? The case of Uttar Pradesh, India

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 182-187

  Johnston, Heidi Bart ^a   Ved, Rajani ^b   Lyall, Neena ^c   Agarwal, Kavita ^d  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b Christian Hospital ^*

^c Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital   (India)

^d Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BIRTH RATE; MATERNAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 1242299646     PISSN: 01622749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3181047     Document Type: Article

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