Poor perinatal care practices in urban slums: Possible role of social mobilization networks

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Khan, Zulfia ^a   Mehnaz, Saira ^a   Khalique, Najam ^a   Ansari, Mohd Athar ^a   Siddiqui, Abdul Razzaque ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers to utilization of services; Unsafe delivery practices; Urban slums

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249118109     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.51229     Document Type: Article

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