All slums are not equal: Maternal health conditions among two urban slum dwellers

• Main Authors: Zulfia Khan (Author), Saira Mehnaz (Author), Abdul Razzaq Siddiqui (Author), Athar Ansari (Author), Salman Khalil (Author), Sandeep Sachdeva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Pregnant women inhabiting urban slums are a "high risk" group with limited access to health facilities. Hazardous maternal health practices are rampant in slum areas. Barriers to utilization of health services are well documented. Slums in the same city may differ from one anot...