Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 33 , Pages 51-60 , May 2009

Nurse auxiliaries as providers of intrauterine devices for contraception in Guatemala and Honduras

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)33430-8

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 17, Issue 33 , Pages 51-60 , May 2009