The effect of paid maternity leave on early childhood growth in low-income and middle-income countries

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Jahagirdar, Deepa ^a   Harper, Sam ^a   Heymann, Jody ^b   Swaminathan, Hema ^c   Mukherji, Arnab ^c   Nandi, Arijit ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

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EID: 85047781961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000294     Document Type: Article

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