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The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care Volume 25, 2020 - Issue 2
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Attitudes towards abortion and decision-making capacity of pregnant adolescents: perspectives of medicine, midwifery and law students in Accra, Ghana

Luchuo Engelbert BainAthena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; ;University of Bordeaux, Inserm, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Team IDLIC, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France; Correspondence[email protected]
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Mary Amoakoh-ColemanNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, GhanaView further author information
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Kiswend-Sida Thierry TiendrebeogoUniversity of Bordeaux, Inserm, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Team IDLIC, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France; View further author information
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Marjolein B. M. ZweekhorstAthena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; View further author information
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Tjard de Cock BuningAthena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3461-9349View further author information
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Renaud BecquetUniversity of Bordeaux, Inserm, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Team IDLIC, UMR 1219, Bordeaux, France; View further author information
Pages 151-158 | Received 09 May 2019, Accepted 13 Feb 2020, Published online: 28 Feb 2020

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