Factors associated with the use and quality of antenatal care in Nepal: a population-based study using the demographic and health survey data.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on March 03, 2014

Authors

Chandni Joshi, Siranda Torvaldsen, Ray Hodgson, Andrew Hayen1

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. a.hayen@unsw.edu.au.

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