Estimating clandestine abortion with the confidants method - Results from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 254-266

  Rossier, Clémentine ^a   Guiella, George ^b   Ouédraogo, Abdoulaye ^b   Thiéba, Blandine ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c Maternité du CHN Yalgado Ouédrago   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Complications; Estimation technique; Illegal abortion; Incidence; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BURKINA FASO; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 28444494039     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.05.024     Document Type: Article

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