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High-Risk Childbirth Practices in Remote Nepal and Their Determinants

Narbada Thapa PhD Medical Division, Birendra Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
,
Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong MD and PhD Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Thailand
,
Alan F. Geater PhD Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Thailand
&
Magnar Ulstein MD and PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bergen University, Norway
Pages 83-97 | Published online: 21 Oct 2008

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