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Pregnancy starts with a literacy event: pregnancy and ante-natal care as texctually mediated social experiences.

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Pregnancy starts with a literacy event: pregnancy and ante-natal care as texctually mediated social experiences. / Papen, Uta.
In: Ethnography, Vol. 9, No. 3, 09.2008, p. 377-403.

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Papen, U 2008, 'Pregnancy starts with a literacy event: pregnancy and ante-natal care as texctually mediated social experiences.', Ethnography, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 377-403. https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138108094976

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Papen, U. (2008). Pregnancy starts with a literacy event: pregnancy and ante-natal care as texctually mediated social experiences. Ethnography, 9(3), 377-403. https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138108094976

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Papen U. Pregnancy starts with a literacy event: pregnancy and ante-natal care as texctually mediated social experiences. Ethnography. 2008 Sept;9(3):377-403. doi: 10.1177/1466138108094976

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Papen, Uta. / Pregnancy starts with a literacy event : pregnancy and ante-natal care as texctually mediated social experiences. In: Ethnography. 2008 ; Vol. 9, No. 3. pp. 377-403.

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