Social inequalities in the utilization of maternal care in Bangladesh: Have they widened or narrowed in recent years?

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Published in Int J Equity Health on December 10, 2014

Authors

Mohammad Hajizadeh1, Nazmul Alam2, Arijit Nandi3

Author Affiliations

1: School of Health Administration, Faculty of Health Professions, Dalhousie University, 5161 George Street, Suite 700, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada. m.hajizadeh@dal.ca.
2: Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, Canada. nazmul.alam@umontreal.ca.
3: Institute for Health and Social Policy & Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. arijit.nandi@mcgill.ca.

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