The hour of birth: Comparisons of circadian pattern between women cared for by midwives and obstetricians

Midwifery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-176

  Heres, Marion H B ^c   Pel, Maria ^c   Borkent Polet, Marion ^c   Treffers, Pieter E ^a   Mirmiran, Majid ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TIME;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034285910     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.1999.0210     Document Type: Article

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