Planned home and hospital births in South Australia, 1991-2006: Differences in outcomes [1]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 726-

  Dahlen, Hannah G ^a   Homer, Caroline S E ^b   Tracy, Sally K ^c   Bisits, Andrew M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DELIVERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDWIFE; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY;

EID: 77955601630     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03721.x     Document Type: Letter

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