Accessibility and use of family planning information (FPI) by rural people in Kilombero District, Tanzania

African Journal of Library Archives and Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-127

  Msoffe, Grace E P ^a   Kiondo, Elizabeth ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNESCO National Commission   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Family planning information; Information access; Rural communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649531444     PISSN: 07954778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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