Attitudes toward abortion in a sample of South African female university students

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 736-750

  Patel, Cynthia J ^a   Myeni, Manqoba C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 39749138999     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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