Effects of social support during parturition on maternal and infant morbidity

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 293, Issue 6547, 1986, Pages 585-587

  Sosa, Roberto ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY; EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LABOR COMPLICATIONS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0022462570     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.293.6547.585     Document Type: Article

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