Abortion and anxiety: What's the relationship?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-252

  Steinberg, Julia Renee ^a   Russo, Nancy F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Anxiety disorders; Unintended pregnancy; USA; Violence

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 44849111005     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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