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Midwives’ views and experiences of providing healthy eating advice to pregnant women: a qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews Cover

Midwives’ views and experiences of providing healthy eating advice to pregnant women: a qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews

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|Jan 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0044 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368
Language: English
Page range: 345 - 358
Submitted on: Mar 10, 2020
Accepted on: May 22, 2020
Published on: Jan 5, 2021
Published by: Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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