Spontaneous and induced abortion trends and determinants in the Northeast semiarid region of Brazil: a transversal series

• Main Authors: Luciano Lima Correia (Author), Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha (Author), Álvaro Jorge Madeiro Leite (Author), Jocileide Sales Campos (Author), Anamaria Cavalcante e Silva (Author), Márcia Maria Tavares Machado (Author), Sabrina Gabriele Maia Oliveira Rocha (Author), Thales Nogueira Gomes (Author), Antônio José Ledo Alves da Cunha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives: this study intends to estimate the rates, associated factors and trends of selfreported abortion rates in the northeast of Brazil. Methods: series of population-based surveys realized in Ceará, northeast of Brazil, one of the poorest states in the country. A sample of about 27,...