Why are women dying when they reach hospital on time? A systematic review of the 'third delay'.

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Published in PLoS One on May 21, 2013

Authors

Hannah E Knight1, Alice Self, Stephen H Kennedy

Author Affiliations

1: Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. hknight@rcog.org.uk

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