Simple instrument for measuring cervical dilatation during labour

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Letić, Milorad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cervical dilatation; Labour; Measuring instruments

Indexed keywords

ERRORS;

CERVICAL DILATATION; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS; DISPOSABLES; FLEXIBLE TUBES; FREE END; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; SIMPLE INSTRUMENTS; SIMPLE++;

CLOCKS;

ARTICLE; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; MEASUREMENT; MEASURING TAPE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABOR STAGE 1; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18744377211     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/1/N01     Document Type: Article

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