The Costs and Benefits of IUD Follow-Up Visits in the Mexican Social Security Institute

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-26

  Hubacher, David ^a   Cárdenas, Carmen ^b   Hernández, Daniel ^b   Cortés, Manuel ^c   Janowitz, Barbara ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Mex Acad for Med and Demogr Res   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

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EID: 0346906315     PISSN: 01622749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991898     Document Type: Article

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