Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 4 , Pages 331-338 , April 2009

Induced abortion and intimate relationship quality in the Chicago Health and Social Life Survey

  • P.K. Coleman

      Affiliations

    • Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • V.M. Rue

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Pregnancy Loss, Jacksonville, Florida 32257, USA
    • ,
  • C.T. Coyle

      Affiliations

    • Alliance for Post-Abortion Research and Training, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA

Received 2 February 2008 ,Revised 2 September 2008 ,Accepted 13 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.01.005

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