Barriers to maternal health service use in Chikhwawa, southern Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Kambala, C ^a   Morse, T ^a,b   Masangwi, S ^a   Mitunda, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960320828     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v23i1.67673     Document Type: Article

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