Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 404-407 , April 2006

Barriers to obtaining a desired postpartum tubal sterilization

Received 28 June 2005 ,Revised 17 October 2005 ,Accepted 21 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.10.014

Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 404-407 , April 2006

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