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Reproductive Health Matters
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Volume 23, 2015 - Issue 45: Knowledge, evidence, practice and power
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Reasons for routine episiotomy: A mixed-methods study in a large maternity hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Clémence SchantzCentre Population & Développement (CEPED)-UMR 196: IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) and Université Paris [email protected]
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Kruy Leang SimCalmette Maternity HospitalPhnom PenhCambodia
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Ek Meng LyCalmette Maternity HospitalPhnom PenhCambodia
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Hubert BarennesRS (Agence Nationale de Recherche sur le VIH et les Hépatites), and Epidemiology Unit, Pasteur InstitutePhnom PenhCambodia;ISPED (Institut de santé publique d’Epidémiologie et de Développement), Centre INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale) U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, Université de BordeauxBordeauxFrance
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So SudarothCalmette Maternity HospitalPhnom PenhCambodia
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Sophie GoyetIndependent Researcher, Annecy le vieuxFrance
Pages 68-77 | Received 10 Dec 2014, Accepted 08 Jun 2015, Published online: 27 Jul 2015

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