Risk of violence from the man involved in the pregnancy after receiving or being denied an abortion

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Roberts, Sarah C M ^a   Biggs, M Antonia ^a   Chibber, Karuna S ^a   Gould, Heather ^a   Rocca, Corinne H ^a   Foster, Diana G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907797384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-014-0144-z     Document Type: Article

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