Childbirth and women's healthcare in pre-modern societies: an assessment.
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(*) Karl Jaspers Centre for Advanced Transcultural Studies, Universität Heidelberg [email protected] (**) Cluster of Excellence «Asia and Europe in a Global Context», Karl Jaspers Centre for Advanced Transcultural Studies, Universität Heidelberg, [email protected] (***) Institute of Egyptology, Universität Heidelberg [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Dynamis
دوره 34 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014