Denial of abortion because of provider gestational age limits in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1687-1694

  Upadhyay, Ushma D ^a   Weitz, Tracy A ^a   Jones, Rachel K ^b   Barar, Rana E ^a   Foster, Diana Greene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906078310     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301378     Document Type: Article

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