Women, childbirth and change in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Reproduction, Childbearing, and Motherhood: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 127-142

  McPherson, Naomi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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