Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 205-210 , February 2006

Regret following female sterilization at a young age: a systematic review

  • Kathryn M. Curtis

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 770 488 6397; fax: +1 770 488 6391.
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  • Anshu P. Mohllajee

      Affiliations

    • WHO Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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  • Herbert B. Peterson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

Received 27 July 2005 ,Accepted 11 August 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.08.006

Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 205-210 , February 2006

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