Control of parturition

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-291

  Challis, J R G ^a,b,c   Gibb, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fetus; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Parturition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000898511     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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