Eating in labor: "The issue deserves revisiting..."

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-281

  Young, Diony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILDBIRTH; COFFEE; EATING; EDITORIAL; FLUID INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TEA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 36248959635     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00195.x     Document Type: Editorial

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