Socio-demographic determinants of abortion in India: A north-south comparison

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-282

  Bose, Sunita ^a   Trent, Katherine ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; READING; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHY; INDUCED ABORTION; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SEX PRESELECTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646456807     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005026271     Document Type: Article

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