Family planning and the burden of unintended pregnancies.

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Published in Epidemiol Rev on June 22, 2010

Authors

Amy O Tsui1, Raegan McDonald-Mosley, Anne E Burke

Author Affiliations

1: Population, Family and Reproductive Health Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, W4041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. atsui@jhsph.edu

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