Fetal Movement Assessment

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-246

  Frøen, J Frederik ^a,b   Heazell, Alexander E P ^c   Tveit, Julie Victoria Holm ^d   Saastad, Eli ^a,e   Fretts, Ruth C ^b   Flenady, Vicki ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^f MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

fetal monitoring; fetal movement; methods; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FETAL MOVEMENT COUNTING; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS MOVEMENT; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 47349103034     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.04.004     Document Type: Review

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