Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 30-36 , May 2008

Factors Influencing the Percentage of Second Trimester Abortions in the Netherlands

  • Olga Loeber

      Affiliations

    • Clinician, Outpatient clinic for family planning, sexuality and abortion, Mildred-Rutgershuis; Secretary General, European Society of Contraception; President, Dutch Society of Abortion Doctors, Arnhem, Netherlands
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  • Cecile Wijsen

      Affiliations

    • Head, Reproductive Health Programme, Rutgers Nisso Groep, Expert Centre on Sexuality, Utrecht, Netherlands

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PII: S0968-8080(08)31377-9

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(08)31377-9

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 30-36 , May 2008

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