Why did the Japanese Government take so long to approve the intrauterine contraceptive device?
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عنوان ژورنال: Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2405-6618
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbms.2018.09.002