Labour outcome of low-risk multiparas of 40 years and older. A case-control study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 388-390

  Wong, S F ^a   Ho, L C ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; TIME;

EID: 0031743170     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1998.tb03093.x     Document Type: Article

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