Millennium Development Goal 5: A review of maternal mortality at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-9

  Oyieke, J B O ^a   Obore, S ^b   Kigondu, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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EID: 33645920659     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v83i1.9345     Document Type: Review

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