INDOSS-Assam: Investigating the feasibility of introducing a simple maternal morbidity surveillance and research system in Assam, India

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Nair, Manisha ^a   Choudhury, Manoj K ^b   Choudhury, Saswati S ^c   Kakoty, Swapna D ^c   Sarma, Umesh C ^b   Webster, Premila ^a   Knight, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Microbiology Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences   (India)

^c FAA Govt Medical College   (India)

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EID: 85064576603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2015-000024     Document Type: Article

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