Ambulance referral for emergency obstetric care in remote settings

@article{Tsegaye2016AmbulanceRF,
  title={Ambulance referral for emergency obstetric care in remote settings},
  author={Ademe Tsegaye and Edgardo Somigliana and Tadesse Alemayehu and Federico Calia and Massimo Maroli and Paola Barban and Fabio Manenti and Giovanni Putoto and Sandro Accorsi},
  journal={International Journal of Gynecology \& Obstetrics},
  year={2016},
  volume={133},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:13547865}
}
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