‘Children of the rope’ and other aspects of pregnancy loss in Cameroon

Anthropology of Pregnancy Loss: Comparative Studies in Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neo-natal Death

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 95-109

  Savage, Olayinka M Njikam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b CAMNAFAW   (Cameroon)

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EID: 85091545192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003135722-7     Document Type: Chapter

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