Using willingness to pay to value alternative models of antenatal care
โ Scribed by Mandy Ryan; Julie Ratcliffe; Janet Tucker
- Book ID
- 114209786
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 897 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
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