Characteristics of women booking for first and second trimester abortions at public sector clinics in Cape Town

South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-82

  Morroni, Chelsea ^a   Moodley, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCEST; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 33745728819     PISSN: 00382329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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