Trends in Self-reported Spontaneous Abortions: 1970-2000

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 989-1009

  Lang, Kevin ^a   Nuevo Chiquero, Ana ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abortion; Miscarriage; Pregnancy awareness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864099099     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0113-0     Document Type: Article

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