"Abortion, Legal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Termination of pregnancy under conditions allowed under local laws. (POPLINE Thesaurus, 1991)
| Descriptor ID |
D000029
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.520.050.055
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| Concept/Terms |
Abortion, Legal- Abortion, Legal
- Abortions, Legal
- Legal Abortion
- Legal Abortions
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Abortion, Legal" by people in this website by year, and whether "Abortion, Legal" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Abortion, Legal" by people in Profiles.
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Elevating the Needs of Minor Adolescents in a Landscape of Reduced Abortion Access in the United States. J Adolesc Health. 2022 11; 71(5):530-532.
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Lessons From Texas: Widespread Consequences of Assaults on Abortion Access. Am J Public Health. 2016 06; 106(6):970-1.
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Service provider perspectives on post-abortion contraception in Nepal. Cult Health Sex. 2016; 18(2):223-35.
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Contraceptive discontinuation and pregnancy postabortion in Nepal: a longitudinal cohort study. Contraception. 2015 Apr; 91(4):301-7.
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Postabortion contraception a decade after legalization of abortion in Nepal. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014 Aug; 126(2):170-4.
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Effects of abortion legalization in Nepal, 2001-2010. PLoS One. 2013; 8(5):e64775.
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"Sometimes they used to whisper in our ears": health care workers' perceptions of the effects of abortion legalization in Nepal. BMC Public Health. 2012 Apr 20; 12:297.
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Advanced practice clinicians' interest in providing medical abortion: results of a California survey. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2005 Jun; 37(2):92-7.
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Abortion in the United States. Annu Rev Public Health. 2005; 26:501-12.