Challenges to the reproductive-health needs of African women: on religion and maternal health utilization in Ghana.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on January 06, 2006

Authors

Stephen Obeng Gyimah1, Baffour K Takyi, Isaac Addai

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology, Kingston, Ont., Canada. gyimahs@post.queensu.ca

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