Is safe motherhood an orphan initiative?

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9182, 1999, Pages 940-943

  Weil, Olivier ^a   Fernandez, Hervé ^b  

^a Ctr Rech d'Etud pour le Devmt S   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033547026     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02369-7     Document Type: Note

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