Women's empowerment and male involvement in antenatal care: analyses of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in selected African countries.

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Published in BMC Pregnancy Childbirth on August 30, 2014

Authors

Larissa Jennings1, Muzi Na, Megan Cherewick, Michelle Hindin, Britta Mullany, Saifuddin Ahmed

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N, Wolfe St,, E5038, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. ljennin6@jhu.edu.

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