Examining the “Urban Advantage” in Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries

Zoë Matthews; Amos Channon; Sarah Neal; David Osrin; Nyovani Madise; William Stones

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000327

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Examining the “Urban Advantage” in Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries

Zoë Matthews,

Affiliation Division of Social Statistics and Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Amos Channon ,

* E-mail: arc102@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Social Statistics and Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Sarah Neal,

Affiliation Division of Social Statistics and Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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David Osrin,

Affiliation UCL Centre for International Health and Development, Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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Nyovani Madise,

Affiliation Division of Social Statistics and Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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William Stones

Affiliation Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
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Examining the “Urban Advantage” in Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries

Zoë Matthews,
Amos Channon,
Sarah Neal,
David Osrin,
Nyovani Madise,
William Stones

Published: September 14, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000327

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