Implementing a prospective study of women seeking abortion in the United States: Understanding and overcoming barriers to recruitment

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dobkin, Loren M ^a   Gould, Heather ^a   Barar, Rana E ^a   Ferrari, Michaela ^a   Weiss, Elisette I ^a   Foster, Diana Greene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAFF; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84892474863     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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