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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 9, 2001 - Issue 17: By and for young women and men
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Sexual initiation and childbearing among adolescent girls in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Pages 44-52 | Published online: 01 May 2001

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Kate Wood & Rachel Jewkes. (2006) Blood Blockages and Scolding Nurses: Barriers to Adolescent Contraceptive Use in South Africa. Reproductive Health Matters 14:27, pages 109-118.
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