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Volume 6, 2011 - Issue sup1: Contraception and Abortion: Not a Matter of Choice
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Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: Results from an exploratory study

Kristen M. Shellenberg Ipas, Chapel Hill, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ann M. Moore Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
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Akinrinola Bankole Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
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Fatima Juarez Centro de Estudios Demograficos, Urbanos y Ambientales, El Colegio de México,D.F, Mexico
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Adekunbi Kehinde Omideyi Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
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Nancy Palomino Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Salud Pública y Administración, Lima, Peru
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Zeba Sathar Population Council, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Susheela Singh Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
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Amy O. Tsui Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Pages S111-S125 | Received 08 Jul 2010, Accepted 23 May 2011, Published online: 11 Jul 2011

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