Characteristics of planned and unplanned home births in 19 states

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Declercq, Eugene ^b   MacDorman, Marian F ^b   Menacker, Fay ^b   Stotland, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH ORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954037799     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e21f6d     Document Type: Article

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