Requests for abortion in Latin america related to concern about zika virus exposure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 396-398

  Aiken, Abigail R A ^a   Scott, James G ^a   Gomperts, Rebecca ^b   Trussell, James ^c   Worrell, Marc ^b   Aiken, Catherine E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Women On Web International Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERNET; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TRENDS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LATIN AMERICA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84979879842     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1605389     Document Type: Letter

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