Maternal and fetal characteristics associated with meconium-stained amniotic fluid

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 828-835

  Balchin, Imelda ^a,b,c,d,e   Whittaker, John C ^a,b,c,d,e   Lamont, Ronald F ^a,b,c,d,e   Steer, Philip J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREECH EXTRACTION; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79953177896     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182117a26     Document Type: Article

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