Home Births and Minimal Medical Interventions

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 17, 1990, Pages 2203-2208

  Treffers, Pieter E ^a   Eskes, Martine ^a   Kleiverda, Gunilla ^a   Van Alten, Dik ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0025052274     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450170051009     Document Type: Article

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