Lessons in control: Prenatal education in the hospital

Social Problems

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 583-605

  Armstrong, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034311059     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3097136     Document Type: Article

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