Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 1267-1272 , August 2010

Focused Maternal Ultrasound by Midwives in Rural Zambia

  • Heidi Harbison Kimberly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Heidi Harbison Kimberly, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
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  • Alice Murray

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The New Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK
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  • Maria Mennicke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Andrew Liteplo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Jason Lew

      Affiliations

    • Division of Global Health & Human Rights, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • J. Stephen Bohan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Lynda Tyer-Viola

      Affiliations

    • Division of Global Health & Human Rights, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Roy Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Division of Global Health & Human Rights, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Thomas Burke

      Affiliations

    • Division of Global Health & Human Rights, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Vicki E. Noble

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Received 25 February 2010 ,Revised 10 May 2010 ,Accepted 18 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.017

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 1267-1272 , August 2010