Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 4 , Pages 204-209 , July 2009

Applying community-based participatory research methods to improve maternal and child health in Karachi, Pakistan

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 This research is funded through a grant from The Aga Khan University Research Council.

PII: S0029-6554(09)00003-7

doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2009.01.003

Nursing Outlook
Volume 57, Issue 4 , Pages 204-209 , July 2009

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