The relationship of ambulation in labor to operative delivery

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-8

  Albers, Leah L ^a   Andcrson, Deborah ^a   Cragin, Leslie ^b   Daniels, Susan Moore ^c   Hunter, Christine ^d   Sedler, Kay D ^e   Teaf, Dusty ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of California ^*  (United States)

^e San Francisco General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK; STATISTICS; WALKING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; RISK; WALKING;

EID: 0030641619     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(96)00100-0     Document Type: Article

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