Abortion and mental health: Quantitative synthesis and analysis of research published 1995-2009

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Coleman, Priscilla K ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ABORTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 80052417473     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.077230     Document Type: Review

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