Pregnancy outcomes among the Ibani of Rivers State, Nigeria: Findings from case-studies

Etude de la Population Africaine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-118

  Nwokocha, Ezebunwa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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