A validation study of home uterine activity monitoring technology in Western Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Dickinson, Jan E ^a   Godfrey, Maryellen ^a   Legge, Mathew ^a   Evans, Sharon F ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOCOLYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0031058289     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02215.x     Document Type: Article

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