Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008

@article{Sedgh2012InducedAI,  title={Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008},  author={Gilda Sedgh and Susheela Singh and Iqbal Shah and Elisabeth L. {\AA}hman and Stanley K. Henshaw and Akinrinola Bankole},  journal={The Lancet},  year={2012},  volume={379},  pages={625-632},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27378192}}

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