The evolutionary origins of obstructed labor: Bipedalism, encephalization, and the human obstetric dilemma

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 739-748

  Wittman, Anna Blackburn ^a   Wall, L Lewis ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDBIRTH; DYSTOCIA; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR SUPPORT; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; LABOR; PELVIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKULL; WALKING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; SKULL; WALKING;

EID: 38449091892     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000286584.04310.5c     Document Type: Review

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