Warm bath during labour. Effects on labour duration and maternal and fetal infectious morbidity

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 326-330

  Andersen, B ^a   Gyhagen, Maria ^a   Nielsen, T F ^a  

^a BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL INFECTION;

EID: 0029956416     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443619609030037     Document Type: Article

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