Quality of Care for Pregnant Women and Newborns-the WHO Vision

Overview

Journal BJOG

Specialty Gynecology & Obstetrics

Date 2015 May 2

PMID 25929823

Citations 496

Authors

Tuncalp

W M Were

C MacLennan

O T Oladapo

A M Gulmezoglu

R Bahl

B Daelmans

M Mathai

L Say

F Kristensen

M Temmerman

F Bustreo

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