Perceptions of rural primary healthcare personnel about expansion of early communication intervention

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  van der Linde, Jeannie ^a   Kritzinger, Alta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 84925800909     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v5i1.553     Document Type: Article

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