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Volume 15, 2007 - Issue 30: Maternal mortality and morbidity
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Educating Skilled Birth Attendants in Mexico: Do the Curricula Meet International Confederation of Midwives Standards?

Leslie CraginClinical Professor, University of California San Franciso, School of Medicine, Department Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, San FranciscoCA, USA
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Lisa M DeMariaInvestigator, Division of Health Economics and Evaluation, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Lourdes CamperoInvestigator, Division of Reproductive Health, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Dilys M WalkerInvestigator, Division of Reproductive Health, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, [email protected]
Pages 50-60 | Published online: 13 Oct 2007

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