Access to safe abortion: Progress and challenges since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)

Contraception

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages S39-S48

  Shah, Iqbal H ^a   Åhman, Elisabeth ^b   Ortayli, Nuriye ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Laws; Levels; Mortality; Trends; Unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUCED ABORTION; LAW; LEGAL ABORTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VACUUM ASPIRATION; HEALTH; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; TRENDS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84911363603     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.04.004     Document Type: Review

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