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Volume 6, 2011 - Issue sup1: Contraception and Abortion: Not a Matter of Choice
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Concordance and discordance of couples living in a rural Pakistani village: Perspectives on contraception and abortion – a qualitative study

Iram Kamran Population Council, Islamabad Office, House 7, street 62, sector F-6/3, Islamabad, 44000, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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M. Shafique Arif Oxford Policy Management, # 96, Margalla Road, F-8/2, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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Katherine Vassos Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
Pages S38-S51 | Received 27 Jul 2010, Accepted 26 Apr 2011, Published online: 07 Jul 2011

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