Misoprostol and declining abortion‐related morbidity in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: a temporal association

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Authors

Suellen Miller · University of California, San Francisco

Tara Lehman · Contra Costa Regional Medical Center

Martha Campbell · University of California, Berkeley

Anke Hemmerling · University of California, Berkeley

Sonia Brito Anderson

Hector P. Rodríguez · Universidad de la Tercera Edad

Wilme Vargas Gonzalez · Profamilia

Abstract

The data were of too poor quality to validate the verbal reports reliably, but misoprostol appears to have been widely used over a period when abortion-related morbidity fell. It remains plausible that the use of misoprostol contributed to the reduction.

Topics & Keywords

Reproductive Health and Contraception Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Maternal and fetal healthcare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 112, Issue 9, pp. 1291-1296

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00704.x

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