Female volunteers: An asset to the reproductive health sector in rural Cambodia

Development in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-360

  Suehiro, Yuuki ^a   Altman, Penny ^b  

^a MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; REPRODUCTION; RURAL POPULATION;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 0041416084     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0961452032000112400     Document Type: Article

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