Early pregnancy detection by female community health volunteers in Nepal facilitated referral for appropriate reproductive health services

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-381

  Andersen, Kathryn ^a   Singh, Anuja ^a   Shrestha, Meena Kumari ^a   Shah, Mukta ^a   Pearson, Erin ^a   Hessini, Leila ^a  

^a IPAS   (United States)

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EID: 84977859940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00026     Document Type: Article

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