Unexpected reduction in the incidence of birth trauma and birth asphyxia related to instrumental deliveries during the study period: Was this the Hawthorne effect?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-322

  Leung, W C ^a,b   Lam, H S W ^a   Lam, K W ^a   To, M ^a   Lee, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

EID: 0037333240     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02348.x     Document Type: Article

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