Active management of labor: A meta-analysis of cesarean delivery rates for dystocia in nulliparas

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 497-504

  Glantz, J Christopher ^a,b   McNanley, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Box 068 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NULLIPARA; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030761789     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-199708000-00021     Document Type: Review

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