A mother's choice: a qualitative study of mothers' health seeking behaviour for their children with acute diarrhoea.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on November 21, 2016

Authors

Lucy Cunnama1, Ayako Honda2

Author Affiliations

1: Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. Lucy.Cunnama@uct.ac.za.
2: Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.

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