Addressing maternal health in emergency settings

Maternal and Perinatal Health in Developing Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 210-224

  Bartlett, Linda ^a   Aitken, Iain ^b   Smith, Jeffrey Michael ^c   Thomas, Lisa J ^d   Rosen, Heather E ^a   Tappis, Hannah ^a   Burnham, Gilbert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^c JHPIEGO   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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