Hi

I am planning to conduct research on equity of access to ante-natal  
care to all groups of society within the context of europe but with  
special emphasis on denmark. I will appreciate any refrence or  
guidelines is provided to help to undertake the paper.

Thanks

Zahid


On 5 Dec 2007, at 17:07, Niall Anderson wrote:

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