Abortion: An Open Secret? Abortion and Social Network Involvement in Burkina Faso

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 15, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Rossier, Clémentine ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

beliefs; Burkina Faso; clandestine abortion; norms and values; social networks; young people

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; BURKINA FASO; CONTRACEPTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIVACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34547502318     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(07)30313-3     Document Type: Article

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