Fundal pressure: Practiced maneuver, uncertain rules

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-334

  Hurst, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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EID: 68449102350     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2009.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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