The effectiveness of emergency obstetric referral interventions in developing country settings: a systematic review.

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Published in PLoS Med on July 10, 2012

Authors

Julia Hussein1, Lovney Kanguru, Margaret Astin, Stephen Munjanja

Author Affiliations

1: Immpact, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. j.hussein@abdn.ac.uk

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