Providing the evidence: Geographic accessibility of maternity units in New Zealand

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-143

  Beere, Paul ^a   Brabyn, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access; GIS; Maternity; Policy; Population

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33746442452     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2006.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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