Labor induction: A decade of change

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2076-2084

  Baxley, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PUBLICATION;

CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0037504178     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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