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Gender, pregnancy and the uptake of antenatal care services in Pakistan

  1. Zubia Mumtaz1,
  2. Sarah M. Salway2

Article first published online: 6 FEB 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00519.x

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Sociology of Health & Illness

Volume 29, Issue 1, pages 1–26, January 2007

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Mumtaz, Z. and Salway, S. M. (2007), Gender, pregnancy and the uptake of antenatal care services in Pakistan. Sociology of Health & Illness, 29: 1–26. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00519.x

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    Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan

  2. 2

    School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield

*Address for correspondence: Zubia Mumtaz, Prairie Region Health Promotion Center, Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada e-mail: zubia_mumtaz@post.harvard.edu

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