Midwives: Essential Guardians in the Climate Crisis Journey

Overview

Journal Eur J Midwifery

Date 2024 May 23

PMID 38779537

Authors

Deepti Ganapathy

Maria Tzeli

Victoria Vivilaki

Affiliations

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