Abortion surveillance - United States, 2013

MMWR Surveillance Summaries

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1-44

  Jatlaoui, Tara C ^a   Ewing, Alexander ^a   Mandel, Michele G ^a   Simmons, Katharine B ^a   Suchdev, Danielle B ^a   Jamieson, Denise J ^a   Pazol, Karen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ABORTION; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002547555     PISSN: 15460738     EISSN: 15458636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6512a1     Document Type: Article

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