Impact of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act on maternal morbidity and mortality in the west of Pretoria

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1196-1198

  Mbele, A M ^a   Snyman, L ^a   Pattinson, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENT; INDUCED ABORTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33751377243     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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