Quality characteristics of field workers and contraceptive use dynamics: Lessons from Matlab, Bangladesh

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-62

  Islam, M Mazharul ^a   Barua, Monoj Kumar ^b   Bairagi, Radheshyam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 28744451686     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/255f2de5-en     Document Type: Article

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