Birth trauma and the pelvic floor: Lessons from the developing world

Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-155

  Wall, L Lewis ^a,b,c,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Worldwide Fund Mothers Injured C   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INJURY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032983505     PISSN: 15246094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1999.8.149     Document Type: Article

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