Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 93-96 , February 2010

Abortion jabberwocky: the need for better terminology

  • David A. Grimes

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CB #7570, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7570, USA. Tel.: +1 919 544 7040x11541; fax: +1 919 544 7261.
    • ,
  • Gretchen Stuart

Received 9 September 2009 ,Accepted 14 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.09.005

Contraception
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