Anal incontinence after childbirth

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 326-330

  Eason, Erica ^a   Labrecque, Michel ^a   Marcoux, Sylvie ^a   Mondor, Myrto ^a  

^a Box 803   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0036172477     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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