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Editorial
. 2014 Mar 1;92(3):155.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.136333.

From concept to measurement: operationalizing WHO's definition of unsafe abortion

Bela Ganatra  1 , Özge Tunçalp  1 , Heidi Bart Johnston  1 , Brooke R Johnson Jr  1 , Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu  1 , Marleen Temmerman  1
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Editorial

From concept to measurement: operationalizing WHO's definition of unsafe abortion

Bela Ganatra et al. Bull World Health Organ. .
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