Estimates of the incidence of induced abortion and consequences of unsafe abortion in Senegal

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-19

  Sedgh, Gilda ^a   Sylla, Amadou Hassane ^b   Philbin, Jesse ^a   Keogh, Sarah ^a   Ndiaye, Salif ^b  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Centre de Recherche pour le De veloppment Humain   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; HEALTH RISK; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

DAKAR [SENEGAL]; SENEGAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFTERCARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AFTERCARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84927164893     PISSN: 19440391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4101115     Document Type: Article

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