The purple line as a measure of labourprogress: A longitudinal study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shepherd, Ashley ^a   Cheyne, Helen ^a   Kennedy, Susan ^b   McIntosh, Colette ^a   Styles, Maggie ^a   Niven, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; BIOMETRY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; LABOR STAGE 1; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMETRY; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, INDUCED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956603375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-54     Document Type: Article

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