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Women's Fears and Men's Anxieties: The Impact of Family Planning on Gender Relations in Northern Ghana
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dc.date.issued1999-03en_US
dc.identifier.citation(1999). "Women's Fears and Men's Anxieties: The Impact of Family Planning on Gender Relations in Northern Ghana." Studies in Family Planning 30(1): 54-66. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73927>en_US
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dc.identifier.issn1728-4465en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd.en_US
dc.rights1999 The Population Council, Inc.en_US
dc.titleWomen's Fears and Men's Anxieties: The Impact of Family Planning on Gender Relations in Northern Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumRuth Simmons is Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherAyaga Agula Bawah is Demographer, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Upper East Region, Ghana.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherPatricia Akweongo is Research Assistant, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Upper East Region, Ghana.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherJames F. Phillips is Senior Associate, Policy Research Division, Population Council.en_US
dc.identifier.pmid10216896en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73927/1/j.1728-4465.1999.00054.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1728-4465.1999.00054.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceStudies in Family Planningen_US
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