Nationwide data confirms absence of 'July phenomenon' in obstetrics: It's safe to deliver in July

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-76

  Ford, A A ^a   Bateman, B T ^a   Simpson, L L ^b   Ratan, R B ^b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BLADDER INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSFUSION; URETHRA INJURY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY; SEASONS;

EID: 33846687472     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211635     Document Type: Article

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