Family planning: the unfinished agenda

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9549, 2006, Pages 1810-1827

  Cleland, John ^a   Bernstein, Stan ^b   Ezeh, Alex ^c   Faundes, Anibal ^d   Glasier, Anna ^e   Innis, Jolene ^f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f Interact Worldwide   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33750634075     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69480-4     Document Type: Review

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