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Ethnicity & Health Volume 1, 1996 - Issue 2: Hypertension in American Ethnic Groups
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Ethnicity and use of obstetrical analgesia: Do Pakistani women receive inadequate pain relief in labour?

Siri Vangen MD Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The National Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0027, Norway
,
Camilla Stoltenberg MD Section of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, Oslo
&
Berit Schei MD PhD Institute of Community Medicine and General Practice, Medical Faculty, University of Trondheim, Norway
Pages 161-167 | Published online: 29 Apr 2010

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