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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of Midwives Self-Efficacy for Labor Support Scale
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1902
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1902.02480220041024