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The Commodification of Obstetric Ultrasound Scanning in Hanoi, Viet Nam

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Pages 163-171 | Published online: 17 May 2007

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Sophia Holmlund, Joseph Ntaganira, Kristina Edvardsson, Pham Thi Lan, Jean Paul Semasaka Sengoma, Annika Åhman, Rhonda Small & Ingrid Mogren. (2017) Improved maternity care if midwives learn to perform ultrasound: a qualitative study of Rwandan midwives’ experiences and views of obstetric ultrasound. Global Health Action 10:1.
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Danièle Bélanger & Khuat Thi Hai Oanh. (2009) Second-trimester abortions and sex-selection of children in Hanoi, Vietnam. Population Studies 63:2, pages 163-171.
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Bang Nguyen Pham, Wayne Hall, Peter S Hill & Chalapati Rao. (2008) Analysis of socio-political and health practices influencing sex ratio at birth in Viet Nam. Reproductive Health Matters 16:32, pages 176-184.
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Tine Gammeltoft, Trân Minh Hăng, Nguyên Thİ Hiêp & Nguyên Thİ Thúy Hȧnh. (2008) Late-Term Abortion for Fetal Anomaly: Vietnamese Women's Experiences. Reproductive Health Matters 16:sup31, pages 46-56.
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