Abortion providers and safety of abortion: A community-based study in a rural district of Tamil Nadu, India

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 12, Issue 24 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 138-146

  Ramachandar, Lakshmi ^a   Pelto, Pertti J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion complications; Abortion law and policy; Abortion services; India; Providers; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY;

EID: 19044367075     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(04)24015-0     Document Type: Article

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