Adolescent pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates across countries: Levels and recent trends

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 223-230

  Sedgh, Gilda ^a   Finer, Lawrence B ^a   Bankole, Akinrinola ^a   Eilers, Michelle A ^a   Singh, Susheela ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national comparisons; Pregnancy outcomes; Pregnancy trends; Teen pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LIVE BIRTH; MEXICO; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVAKIA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; USSR; VITAL STATISTICS; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INDUCED ABORTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921531930     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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