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How young Australian women explain their use of condoms, withdrawal and fertility awareness: a qualitative analysis of free-text comments from the CUPID study

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Pages 1563-1574 | Received 23 Jun 2021, Accepted 08 Sep 2021, Published online: 11 Oct 2021

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