Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 14, Issue 27 , Pages 51-60 , May 2006

Attending Home vs. Clinic-Based Deliveries: Perspectives of Skilled Birth Attendants in Matlab, Bangladesh

  • Lauren S Blum

      Affiliations

    • Medical Anthropologist, ICDDR,B, Centre for Health and Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • ,
  • Tamanna Sharmin

      Affiliations

    • Research Investigator, ICDDR,B, Centre for Health and Population Research
    • ,
  • Carine Ronsmans

      Affiliations

    • Reader in Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27234-3

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 14, Issue 27 , Pages 51-60 , May 2006

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