Reproductive health in China: improve the means to the end

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9650, 2008, Pages 1619-1620

  Fang, Jing ^a   Kaufman, Joan ^b  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 55149098088     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61356-2     Document Type: Note

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