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The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care Volume 26, 2021 - Issue 5
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The significant influence of history of induced abortion on the utilisation of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods in the immediate post abortion period, Northern Ethiopia

Yohannes Moges Mittikua Department of Midwifery, Institute of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
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Animut Tagele Tamirub School of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, EthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bayew Kelkay Radeb School of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
Pages 367-373 | Received 27 Nov 2020, Accepted 06 Mar 2021, Published online: 16 Apr 2021

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