Maternal and social factors associated with abortion in India: A population-based study

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Pallikadavath, Saseendran ^a   Stones, R William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRTH RATE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PREJUDICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34447094959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3212006     Document Type: Article

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