Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 5 , Pages 377-381 , May 2008

Change in trend of contraceptive uptake — effect of educational leaflets and counseling

  • Gulshan Ara Saeed

      Affiliations

    • Shifa College of Medicine, Gynecology/Obstetrics, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +51 5520209.
    • ,
  • Shazia Fakhar

      Affiliations

    • Shifa College of Medicine, Gynecology/Obstetrics, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
    • ,
  • Faisal Rahim

      Affiliations

    • SCIL Department of Medical Education, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
    • ,
  • Sabir Tabassum

      Affiliations

    • SCIL Department of Computer Section, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Received 9 October 2007 ,Revised 14 December 2007 ,Accepted 12 January 2008.

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PII: S0010-7824(08)00059-0

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.01.011

Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 5 , Pages 377-381 , May 2008

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