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- ↑ "Religious beliefs and practices in pregnancy and labour: an inductive qualitative study among post-partum women in Ghana". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ↑ "Facilitators and barriers of herbal medicine use in Accra, Ghana: an inductive exploratory study". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
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