Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 18-29 , May 2008

Reasons for Second Trimester Abortions in England and Wales

  • Roger Ingham

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Health and Community Psychology, Centre for Sexual Health Research, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, and member, UK Government Teenage Pregnancy Unit Independent Advisory Group, London, UK
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  • Ellie Lee

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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  • Steve Joanne Clements

      Affiliations

    • Research Fellow, Centre for Sexual Health Research, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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  • Nicole Stone

      Affiliations

    • Research Fellow, Centre for Sexual Health Research, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31375-5

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 18-29 , May 2008

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