Abortion: A public health problem in Myanmar

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 94-100

  Ba Thike, Katherine ^a  

^a Institute of Medicine   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; INDUCED ABORTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MYANMAR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030878942     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(97)90010-0     Document Type: Article

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