Maternal health and its affecting factors in Nepal

Family Medicine and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 30-34

  Mahara, Gehendra ^a   Barr, Jill ^b   Thomas, Janeeta ^c   Wang, Wei ^a,d   Guo, Xiuhua ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Ashwani Ayruvedic Hospital   (India)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternal health; Maternal mortality; Nepal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983554876     PISSN: 23056983     EISSN: 20098774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2015.0155     Document Type: Article

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