Reproductive health law: Where next, after Cairo and Beijing?

Medicine and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-178

  Cook, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EGYPT; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JUSTICE; LAW; MATERNAL WELFARE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031545717     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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