Contraceptive implants: Providing better choice to meet growing family planning demand

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-17

  Jacobstein, Roy ^a   Stanley, Harriet ^a  

^a ENGENDERHEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84939602773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00003     Document Type: Note

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