Facility-based treatment for medical complications resulting from unsafe pregnancy termination in the developing world, 2012: a review of evidence from 26 countries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1489-1498

  Singh, S ^a   Maddow Zimet, I ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing world; postabortion care; pregnancy termination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTABORTION CARE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84979016971     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13552     Document Type: Review

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