Safe abortion: WHO technical and policy guidance

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-84

  Cook, R J ^a   Dickens, B M ^a   Horga, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b E Europ Inst for Repro Health   (Romania)

Author keywords

Abortion; Contraception; Dilation and curettage; Dilation and evacuation; Manual vacuum aspiration; Safe abortion; Unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GEMEPROST; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PROSTAGLANDIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTRACEPTION; CURETTAGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MANUAL LABOR; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VACUUM EXTRACTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2942665452     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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