Maternal health policy and the politics of scale in Mexico

Social Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-521

  Mills, Lisa ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33845390812     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxl008     Document Type: Article

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