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Special Issue: Gender and health

Risk factors for unplanned and unwanted teenage pregnancies occurring over two years of follow-up among a cohort of young South African women

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Article: 23719 | Received 31 Dec 2013, Accepted 22 Jun 2014, Published online: 21 Aug 2014

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