Quality of antenatal care in rural southern Tanzania: A reality check

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sarker, Malabika ^a   Schmid, Gerhard ^b   Larsson, Elin ^c   Kirenga, Sylvia ^d   De Allegri, Manuela ^a   Neuhann, Florian ^a   Mbunda, Theodora ^d   Lekule, Isaack ^d   Müller, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

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EID: 77955872109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-209     Document Type: Article

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