An assessment of antenatal care among Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Conflict and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Benage, Matthew ^a   Gregg Greenough, P ^b,c,d   Vinck, Patrick ^b,c,d   Omeira, Nada ^e   Pham, Phuong ^b,c,d  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Caritas Lebanon Head Office   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Antenatal; Contraception; Family planning; Lebanon; Refugee; Reproductive health; Syria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928748891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-015-0035-8     Document Type: Article

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