Information quality in a remote rural maternity unit in Ghana

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 170-176

  Allotey, Pascale A ^a   Reidpath, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS MATURITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MATERNITY WARD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0034075344     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/15.2.170     Document Type: Article

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