Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 13, Issue 26 , Pages 110-119 , November 2005

Availability and Acceptability of Medical Abortion in Nepal: Health Care Providers' Perspectives

  • Anand Tamang

      Affiliations

    • Director, Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA), Kathmandu, Nepal
  • ,
  • Jyotsna Tamang

      Affiliations

    • Research Associate, CREHPA, Nepal

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PII: S0968-8080(05)26194-3

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(05)26194-3

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 13, Issue 26 , Pages 110-119 , November 2005