Volume 21 - Article 22 | Pages 647–680  

Rates of induced abortion in Denmark according to age, previous births and previous abortions

By Marie-Louise H. Hansen, Ditte Mølgaard-Nielsen, Lisbeth B. Knudsen, Niels Keiding

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