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Volume 10, 2002 - Issue 19: Abortion: women decide
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Induced Abortions Among Adolescent Women in Rural Maharashtra, India

Bela GanatraResearch manager, Ipas (India), Pune, [email protected]
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Siddhi HirveDirector, Vadu Rural Health Project, KEM Hospital, Pune, India
Pages 76-85 | Published online: 01 May 2002

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