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    Citations

    1. Holmquist S, Gilliam M (2008). Induced abortion. In RS Gibbs et al., eds., Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 586–603. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

    2. Guttmacher Institute (2011). In Brief: Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States. Available online: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html.

    3. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2005, reaffirmed 2011). Medical management of abortion. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 67. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 106(4): 871–882.

    4. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2009, reaffirmed 2011). Induced abortion and breast cancer risk. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 434. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 113(6): 1417–1418.

    Other Works Consulted

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011). Abortion surveillance—United States, 2008. MMWR, 60(SS-15): 1–41. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6015a1.htm?s_cid=ss6015a1_w.




    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference August 31, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
    Reference Rebecca H. Allen, MD, MPH - Obstetrics and Gynecology
    Reference Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology


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