Abortion surveillance - United States, 2006

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue SS-8, 2009, Pages 1-35

  Pazol, Karen ^a   Gamble, Sonya B ^a   Parker, Wilda Y ^a   Cook, Douglas A ^a   Zane, Suzanne B ^a   Hamdan, Saeed ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ABORTION; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449120264     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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