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Decomposition Analysis of Antenatal Care Utilization Inequities in Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Annals of Global Health
Volume 89 (2023): Issue 1
By: Dejene Ermias Mekango,  Sisay Moges,  Bereket Abrham Lajore,  Alula Seyum Buda,  Tekle Ejajo and  Desta Erkalo  
Open Access
|Oct 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4101 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 2, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 26, 2023
Published on: Oct 20, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
decomposition,
inequities,
antenatal care,
Southern Ethiopia

© 2023 Dejene Ermias Mekango, Sisay Moges, Bereket Abrham Lajore, Alula Seyum Buda, Tekle Ejajo, Desta Erkalo, published by Ubiquity Press
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