When there is more than one answer key: Cultural theories of postpartum hemorrhage in Matlab, Bangladesh

Field Methods

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 315-337

  Hruschka, Daniel J ^a   Sibley, Lynn M ^b   Kalim, Nahid ^c   Edmonds, Joyce K ^b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Consensus analysis; Cultural variation; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249115461     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X08321315     Document Type: Article

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