First look: a cluster-randomized trial of ultrasound to improve pregnancy outcomes in low income country settings.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on February 17, 2014

Authors

Elizabeth M McClure1, Robert O Nathan, Sarah Saleem, Fabian Esamai, Ana Garces, Elwyn Chomba, Antoinette Tshefu, David Swanson, Hillary Mabeya, Lester Figuero, Waseem Mirza, David Muyodi, Holly Franklin, Adrien Lokangaka, Dieudonne Bidashimwa, Omrana Pasha, Musaku Mwenechanya, Carl L Bose, Waldemar A Carlo, K Michael Hambidge, Edward A Liechty, Nancy Krebs, Dennis D Wallace, Jonathan Swanson, Marion Koso-Thomas, Rexford Widmer, Robert L Goldenberg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, RTI International, Durham, NC, USA. mcclure@rti.org.

Associated clinical trials:

A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Ultrasound Use to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Low Income Country Settings | NCT01990625

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