Motorcycle ambulances for referral of obstetric emergencies in rural Malawi: Do they reduce delay and what do they cost?

@article{Hofman2008MotorcycleAF,
  title={Motorcycle ambulances for referral of obstetric emergencies in rural Malawi: Do they reduce delay and what do they cost?},
  author={Jan J Hofman and Chris Dzimadzi and Kingsley Lungu and Esther Ratsma and Julia Hussein},
  journal={International Journal of Gynecology \& Obstetrics},
  year={2008},
  volume={102},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:26227283}
}
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