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Women's Sexual Empowerment and Contraceptive Use in Ghana
dc.contributor.authorCrissman, Halley P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAdanu, Richard M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHarlow, Siobán D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-02T17:20:28Z
dc.date.available2013-10-18T17:47:29Zen_US
dc.date.issued2012-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationCrissman, Halley P.; Adanu, Richard M.; Harlow, Siobán D. (2012). "Women's Sexual Empowerment and Contraceptive Use in Ghana." Studies in Family Planning 43(3). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93761>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0039-3665en_US
dc.identifier.issn1728-4465en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93761
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.titleWomen's Sexual Empowerment and Contraceptive Use in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumProfessor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumMedical student, University of Michigan Medical Schoolen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherAssociate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Ghanaen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/93761/1/j.1728-4465.2012.00318.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1728-4465.2012.00318.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceStudies in Family Planningen_US
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