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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 16, 2008 - Issue sup31: Second trimester abortion: public policy, women's health
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Misoprostol Preferable to Ethacridine Lactate for Abortions at 13–20 Weeks of Pregnancy: Cuban Experience

Alejandro Velazco BozaDirector, Hospital Universitario Ginecobstétrico América Arias; Auxiliary Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Havana; and Head, Abortion Group, National Reproductive Health and Family Planning Committee, Ministry of Public Health, Havana, Cuba
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Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de LeónSenior Health System Adviser, Ipas, and Adjunct Professor, Maternal and Child Health Department, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel HillNC, [email protected]
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Luis Salas CastilloAbortion Service Staff Member and Instructor, Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in General and Integral Medicine, Hospital Universitario América Arias, Havana, Cuba
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Dania Rebeca Yi MariñoAbortion Service Staff Member, Researcher and Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Universitario América Arias, Havana, Cuba
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Ellen M.H. MitchellEpidemiologist, Netherlands, and formerly Senior Research and Evaluation Associate, Ipas, Chapel HillNC, USA
Pages 189-195 | Published online: 02 Sep 2008

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