All slums are not equal: Maternal health conditions among two urban slum dwellers

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Khan, Zulfia ^a   Mehnaz, Saira ^a   Siddiqui, Abdul Razzaq ^a   Ansari, Athar ^a   Khalil, Salman ^a   Sachdeva, Sandeep ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers to utilization; hazardous delivery practices; maternal health; urban slums

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859065862     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.94027     Document Type: Article

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