Age patterns of unsafe abortion in developing country regions

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 12, Issue 24 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 9-17

  Shah, Iqbal ^a   Åhman, Elisabeth ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Age specific unsafe abortion rate; Age specific unsafe abortion to live birth ratio; Asia; Incidence of unsafe abortion; Latin America and the Caribbean

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH RATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 19044398711     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(04)24002-2     Document Type: Article

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