Institutional delivery in rural India: the relative importance of accessibility and economic status.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on June 06, 2010

Authors

Amy J Kesterton1, John Cleland, Andy Sloggett, Carine Ronsmans

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1: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. amykesterton@gmail.com

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