Family planning: A political issue

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9837, 2012, Pages 181-185

  Shiffman, Jeremy ^a   Quissell, Kathryn ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; POLITICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; ZIMBABWE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING POLICY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; POLITICS;

EID: 84863727159     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60782-X     Document Type: Note

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