Repeat abortion: Facts and issues

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-95

  Das, Sangeeta ^a   Adegbenro, Adewale ^a   Ray, Susmita ^a   Amu, Olubusola ^a  

^a ROYAL OLDHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Emergency contraception; LARC; Long acting reversible contraception; Repeat abortion

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BARRIER CONTRACEPTION; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249095514     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118909787931915     Document Type: Article

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