Quantification of Unsafe Abortion in Nigeria and Possible Panacea
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(Largely culled from an earlier publication by the author: Omo-Aghoja LO. Unsafe Abortion and miscarriages: Quantification and public health related perspectives. Port Harcourt Medical Journal 2013; 7:219-231).
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