Epidurals and cesareans: The jury is still out

Birth

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 196-198

  Lieberman, Ellice ^b   Lang, Janet M ^b   Frigoletto, Fredric ^a   Cohen, Amy ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0033182479     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.1999.00196.x     Document Type: Review

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