Effect of coitus at term on length of gestation, induction of labor, and mode of delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-140

  Tan, Peng Chiong ^a   Andi, Anggeriana ^b   Azmi, Noor ^b   Noraihan, M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; ETHNOLOGY; LABOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; COITUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE;

EID: 33746864513     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000223229.83920.af     Document Type: Article

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