International data demonstrate home birth safety

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Johnson, Kenneth C ^a   Daviss, Betty Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BIRTHPLACE; HOME DELIVERY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LETTER; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79953279134     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.01.034     Document Type: Letter

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