Making the list: The role of essential medicines lists in reproductive health

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 205-208

  Hutchings, Jane ^a   Neroutsos, Keith ^a   Donnelly, Kathleen ^b  

^a Global Health Program   (United States)

^b PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

EID: 78751504539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3620510     Document Type: Article

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