Wealth, education and urban-rural inequality and maternal healthcare service usage in Malawi

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Yaya, Sanni ^a   Bishwajit, Ghose ^b   Shah, Vaibhav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 85039750795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000085     Document Type: Article

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