The influence of socio-cultural interpretations of pregnancy threats on health-seeking behavior among pregnant women in urban Accra, Ghana.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on November 19, 2013

Authors

Phyllis Dako-Gyeke1, Moses Aikins, Richmond Aryeetey, Laura McCough, Philip Baba Adongo

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. gyekenay@yahoo.com.

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