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Women's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challenge

Lynn M Van Lith, Melanie Yahner and Lynn Bakamjian
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):97-107; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00036
Lynn M Van Lith
aJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Women's growing desire to limit births in sub-Saharan Africa: meeting the challenge
Lynn M Van Lith, Melanie Yahner, Lynn Bakamjian
Global Health: Science and Practice Mar 2013, 1 (1) 97-107; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00036

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