Physician- and midwife-attended home births effects of breech, twin, and post-dates outcome data on mortality rates

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-98

  Mehl Madrona, Lewis ^a   Madrona, Morgaine Mehl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NURSE MIDWIFE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSE MIDWIVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031093293     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(96)00153-X     Document Type: Article

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