Public health and wellbeing: A matter for the midwife?

British Journal of Midwifery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 634-640

  Crabbe, Katy ^a   Hemingway, Ann ^b  

^a SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Mental health; Midwives; Public health; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907501199     PISSN: 09694900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2014.22.9.634     Document Type: Article

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