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The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on July 22, 2008
The European Journal of Public Health 2008 18(5):539-540; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn069
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

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Comment on "Induced abortion in Denmark: effect of socio-economic situation and country of birth"

Received May 2, 2008, accepted July 2, 2008

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A recent study by Rasch et al. in this journal concluded that ‘Immigrant women comprise a vulnerable group, with a poor socio-economic status. This situation exposes immigrant women to increased risk of induced abortion’.1 This statement seems to suggest that the excess risk of induced arbotion experienced (particularly by immigants from non-Western countries) are due to their poor socio-economic status (SES). I think . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Laust H Mortensen

Correspondence: Laust H. Mortensen, National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1399 Copenhagen K, Denmark, tel: +45 3920 7777, fax: +45 3920 8010, e-mail: lmo@niph.dk


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