The effectiveness of family planning programs evaluated with true experimental designs

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 666-669

  Bauman, Karl E ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031003802     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.4.666     Document Type: Article

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