Maternal health after childbirth: Results of an australian population based survey

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-161

  Brown, Stephanie ^a   Lumley, Judith ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACKACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOOD DISORDERS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SELF DISCLOSURE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031882344     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10045.x     Document Type: Article

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