Expanding access to emergency contraception: The case of Brazil and Colombia

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 150-160

  Heimburger, Angela ^a   Gras, Claudia ^a   Guedes, Alessandra ^a  

^a Western Hemisphere Region ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Colombia; Emergency contraception; Health sector reforms; Sexual and reproductive health services; Strategic introduction

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MODEL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0037834400     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02172-4     Document Type: Article

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