Choice of instrument for vaginal delivery

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 361-365

  Johanson, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0030680224     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199712000-00005     Document Type: Review

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