Unsafe abortion in Kenya

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-160

  Osiemo, Robert ^a  

^a Nakuru Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; KENYA; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEPSIS; UTERUS PERFORATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 23944502299     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0049475054620699     Document Type: Article

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