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The Public Health Impact of the Nigerian Abortion Policy and the Case for the Reform of the Nation's Abortion Laws

Omo-Aghoja LO
DOI: 10.4314/ajtmbr.v1i3.%x
Published: June 1, 2012

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Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

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Published in Vol. 1 No. 3: African Journal of Tropical Medicine and Biomedical Research; June 2012

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LO O-A. The Public Health Impact of the Nigerian Abortion Policy and the Case for the Reform of the Nation’s Abortion Laws. Afr. J. Trop. Med. Biomed. Res. [Internet]. 2012 Jun. 1 [cited 2026 Jun. 13];1(3):7-10. Available from: https://ajtmbr.org.ng/index.php/home/article/view/9
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