Induced abortion, pregnancy loss and intimate partner violence in Tanzania: A population based study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stöckl, Heidi ^a   Filippi, Veronique ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^a   Mbwambo, Jessie K K ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA; BATTERED WOMAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VICTIM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858863114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-12     Document Type: Article

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