Documenting the individual- and household-level cost of unsafe abortion in Uganda

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 174-183

  Sundaram, Aparna ^a   Vlassoff, Michael ^a   Mugisha, Frederick ^b   Bankole, Akinrinola ^a   Singh, Susheela ^a   Amanya, Leo ^b   Onda, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; WOMENS HEALTH;

UGANDA;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INDUCED ABORTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UGANDA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AFTERCARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891520197     PISSN: 19440391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3917413     Document Type: Article

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