Active management of labour

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 366-369

  Thornton, Jim G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROPRANOLOL;

DRUG EFFECT; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0030667496     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199712000-00006     Document Type: Review

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