Water births: A naked emperor

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 855-858

  Schroeter, Ken ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; WATER BIRTH; ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; IMMERSION; LABOR; PREGNANCY;

WATER;

BATHS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; WATER;

EID: 16544385778     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0145     Document Type: Note

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