Unintended pregnancies in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Levels and correlates

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-38

  Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal ^a   Hosseini Chavoshi, Meimenat ^b   Aghajanian, Akbar ^c   Delavar, Bahram ^b   Mehryar, Amir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Institute for Population Research   (Iran)

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EID: 28744457319     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/8813ed72-en     Document Type: Article

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