Abortion and women's roles in society: Opinions from Tlaxcala, Mexico

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-60

  Palermo, Tia M ^a   Wilson, Kate S ^b   García, Sandra G ^b   Díaz Olavarrieta, Claudia ^c  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Abortion; Attitudes; Mexico; Opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953654491     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342010000100009     Document Type: Article

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