Cell Phones to Collect Pregnancy Data From Remote Areas in Liberia
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1527-6546
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01451.x