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Reproductive Health Matters
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Volume 15, 2007 - Issue 30: Maternal mortality and morbidity
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Unmonitored Intrapartum Oxytocin Use in Home Deliveries: Evidence from Uttar Pradesh, India

Patricia JefferyProfessor of Sociology, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, [email protected]
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Abhijit DasDirector, Centre for Health and Social Justice, New Delhi, India
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Jashodhara DasguptaCoordinator, SAHAYOG, Lucknow, India
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Roger JefferyProfessor of Sociology of South Asia, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Pages 172-178 | Published online: 13 Oct 2007

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