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Articles

Age-specific factors related to institutional delivery in Nigeria: Insights from the 2011 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

, PhD, , MPH, PhD(c) & , MBBS, FWACP, MPH
Pages 1001-1016 | Received 11 Nov 2016, Accepted 23 Aug 2017, Published online: 19 Dec 2017

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