The use of herbal medicines during pregnancy and perinatal mortality in Tumpat District, Kelantan, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1150-1157

  Rahman, Azriani Ab ^a   Ahmad, Zulkifli ^a   Naing, Lin ^a   Sulaiman, Siti Amrah ^a   Hamid, Abdul Manaf ^a   Daud, Wan Nudri Wan ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

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EID: 37849004126     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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