Are we prescribing multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids? A survey of practice in the UK

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 977-979

  Brocklehurst, Peter ^a   Gates, Simon ^a   McKenzie McHarg, Kirstie ^a   Alfirevic, Zarko ^b   Chamberlain, Geoffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0032879624     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08440.x     Document Type: Article

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