After the Afterbirth: A Critical Review of Postpartum Health Relative to Method of Delivery

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 242-248

  Borders, Noelle ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

health after childbirth; postpartum; postpartum health; postpartum morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINEUM; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; CESAREAN SECTION; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; EUROPE; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT READMISSION; PERINEUM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33745256767     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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