Price, restrictions and abortion demand

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 583-599

  Medoff, Marshall H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion demand; Restrictive abortion laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349008608     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-007-9080-9     Document Type: Article

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