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Contraceptive decision-making in sexual relationships: young men's experiences, attitudes and values

Tina R. Raine Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer C. Gard Research Triangle Institute International, North Carolina, USA
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Cherrie B. Boyer Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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Sadia Haider Division of Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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Beth A. Brown Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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F. Antonio Ramirez Hernandez Centro de Capacitación para Erradicar la Violencia Intrafamiliar Masculina, San Francisco, USA
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Cynthia C. Harper Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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Pages 373-386 | Received 20 May 2009, Accepted 02 Dec 2009, Published online: 17 Feb 2010

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