Gender equity: Perspectives on maternal and child health

Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 151-166

  Tolhurst, Rachel ^a   Raven, Joanna ^a   Theobald, Sally ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84892332600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/b106524_9     Document Type: Chapter

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