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Safety and effectiveness of termination services performed by doctors versus midlevel providers: a systematic review and analysis

Thoai D Ngo1 Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Team, Health System Department, Marie Stopes International, UK;2 Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Min Hae Park1 Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Team, Health System Department, Marie Stopes International, UK
&
Caroline Free2 Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Pages 9-17 | Published online: 04 Jan 2013

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