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Developing community-based strategies to decrease maternal morbidity and mortality due to unsafe abortion: pre-intervention report.

K O Rogo·L Bohmer·C Ombaka
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K O Rogo, L Bohmer, C Ombaka. 1999. Developing community-based strategies to decrease maternal morbidity and mortality due to unsafe abortion: pre-intervention report.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10955060/

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