Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 351-359 , September 2008

Family Planning and Life Planning: Reproductive Intentions Among Individuals Seeking Reproductive Health Care

Received 3 December 2007 ,Accepted 27 February 2008.

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 This study was supported by contract #05-45122 from the State of California, Department of Public Health, Office of Family Planning. All analyses, interpretations, or conclusions reached are those of UCSF, not the State of California.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.02.009

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 351-359 , September 2008

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