Distribution of genital tract trauma in childbirth and related postnatal pain

Birth

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  Albers, Leah ^a   Garcia, Jo ^b   Renfrew, Mary ^c   McCandlish, Rona ^b   Elbourne, Diana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LABOR COMPLICATION; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033091078     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.1999.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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