Determinants of access to and use of maternal health care services in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a quantitative and qualitative investigation.

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Published in BMC Res Notes on October 15, 2014

Authors

Mluleki Tsawe, Appunni Sathiya Susuman1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Statistics & Population Studies, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. sappunni@uwc.ac.za.

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