Association not causation: What is the intervention?

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 294-297

  Klein, Michael C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Cesarean section; Epidural analgesia; Induction of labor; Maternity care; Parturition; Practice based research; Preventive care; Term birth

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548056108     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.729     Document Type: Editorial

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