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Volume 10, 2002 - Issue 19: Abortion: women decide
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Unsafe Abortion: Worldwide Estimates for 2000

Elisabeth ÅhmanTechnical Officer, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO RHR), Geneva, Switzerland
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Iqbal ShahCoordinator, Preventing Unsafe Abortion, WHO RHR. Geneva, [email protected]
Pages 13-17 | Published online: 01 May 2002

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