Provision of female sterilization in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Forty percent of Brazilian married women from 15 to 49 years of age have undergone surgical sterilization. The 1988 Brazilian Constitution states that all scientifically proven contraceptive methods should be available to all citizens, but it was only in 1997 that specific family planning legislatio...
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2004-10-01
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| Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2004000500013&lng=en&tlng=en |