Declines in unintended pregnancy in the United States, 2008-2011

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 843-852

  Finer, L B ^a   Zolna, M R ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILDBIRTH; COHABITATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959472726     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1506575     Document Type: Article

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