Use of corticosteroids by Australian obstetricians - A survey of clinical practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Quinlivan, Julie A ^a,b   Evans, Sharon F ^a   Dunlop, Sarah A ^a   Beazley, Lyn D ^a   Newnham, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS MATURITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0031884440     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1998.tb02947.x     Document Type: Article

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