Structure of family planning in Samoa

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-427

  Brewis, Alexandra A ^a   McGarvey, Stephen T ^b   Tu'u'au Potoi, Nu'ualofa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Health ^*  (Samoa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SAMOA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031875669     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01407.x     Document Type: Article

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