RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Characteristics of women recruited to a long-term study of the sequelae of induced abortion
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 473
OP 477
VO 31
IS 229
A1 A Joint Rcgp/Rcog Study Co-Ordinated by the Royal College of General Practitioners' Manchester Research Unit
A1 Kay, Clifford R.
A1 Frank, Peter I.
YR 1981
UL http://bjgp.org/content/31/229/473.abstract
AB One thousand, five hundred and nine general practitioners and 795 gynaecologists are co-operating in a large, long-term, controlled, prospective study of the sequelae of induced abortions. The `case' (6,349 patients) and control (8,132 patients) groups are comparable, and the patients who had induced abortion are also comparable in age, marital status and parity with those in the national abortion statistics. The study should, therefore, give a sound basis for evaluating the long-term hazards of the operation.