Treatment of miscarriage: Current practice and rationale

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-253

  Hemminki, Elina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE TUBE SURGERY; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

EID: 0032005061     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00606-6     Document Type: Article

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