What influences women in Athens to choose home birth?

British Journal of Midwifery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-48

  Kontoyannis, Maria ^a   Katsetos, Christos ^b  

^a University School of Midwifery   (Greece)

^b TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

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EID: 38949093869     PISSN: 09694900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2008.16.1.27932     Document Type: Article

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