Regret after Female Sterilization among Low-Income Women in São Paulo, Brazil

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-37

  Vieira, Elisabeth Meloni ^a   Ford, Nicholas John ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002930401     PISSN: 01622749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2950800     Document Type: Article

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