Can water immersion stop labor?

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 414-416

  Odent, Michel ^a,b  

^a Primal Health Research Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Primal Health Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BATH; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABOR; METABOLISM; MIDWIFE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION;

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BATHS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0031230588     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(97)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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