Mental health diagnoses 3 years after receiving or being denied an abortion in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2557-2563

  Biggs, M Antonia ^a   Neuhaus, John M ^b   Foster, Diana G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ABORTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946761075     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302803     Document Type: Article

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