Midwife sonographer activity in the UK

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-15

  Edwards, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Midwives; Obstetric; Postal survey; Training; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249096252     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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