Millennium development goals and global women's and infants' health

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 573-579

  Mattson, Susan ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of millennium development goals; Millennium development goals description; Summary of progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956253914     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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