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Unsafe abortions: Methods used and characteristics of patients attending hospitals in Nairobi, Lima, and Manila

Augustine Ankomah PhD Institute of Population Studies, University of Exeter, 101 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter, EX4 6DT, UK E-mail: [email protected]
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Colette Aloo‐Obunga MA National Council for Population and Development, Nairobi, Kenya
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Magdalena Chu DSc Instituto de Estudios de Poblacion, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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Alicia Manlagnit MA Social Development Research Center, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
Pages 43-53 | Received 02 Apr 1995, Accepted 11 Jan 1996, Published online: 14 Aug 2009

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