The village midwife program and infant mortality in Indonesia

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-211

  Shrestha, Ranjan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VILLAGE;

INDONESIA;

EID: 77954964943     PISSN: 00074918     EISSN: 14727234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2010.486109     Document Type: Article

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