Collaborative survey of perinatal loss in planned and unplanned home births

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7068, 1996, Pages 1306-1309

  Barron, S L ^a   Blain, P ^a   Bullough, C H W ^a   Carney, T ^a   Gomersall, R ^a   Herve, J ^a   Hey, E N ^a   Irani, A ^a   Johnson, F S ^a   Lamb, W ^a   Lowry, M F ^a   Lawson, J B ^a   Layton, R ^a   Morris, D ^a   Morrell, P ^a   Parsons, L ^a   Reid, W ^a   Ryall, A ^a   Thomson, R ^a  

^a Regional Maternity Survey Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRIC CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10544246901     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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