Maternal health services utilisation in Nepal: Progress in the new millennium?

Health Science Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 618-633

  Baral, Yuba Raj ^a   Lyons, Karen ^a   Skinner, Jo ^a   van Teijlingen, Edwin R ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing country; Maternal health; Pregnancy; Service uptake; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867245606     PISSN: 11087366     EISSN: 1791809X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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