Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 13, Issue 26 , Pages 101-109 , November 2005

Study Supports the Introduction of Early Medical Abortion in Turkey

  • Ayse Akin

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Obstetrician–Gynaecologist, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Gonca Oktay Kocoglu

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Specialist, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University
    • ,
  • Levent Akin

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(05)26207-9

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 13, Issue 26 , Pages 101-109 , November 2005

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