Understanding why women seek abortions in the US

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Biggs, M A ^a   Gould, Heather ^a   Foster, Diana Greene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Qualitative research; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PARITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881117440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-13-29     Document Type: Article

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