No free lunch on labor day the risks and benefits of epidural analgesia during labor

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 394-398

  Lieberman, Ellice ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; META-ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0033163410     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(99)00057-9     Document Type: Review

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