Elective induction for pregnancies at or beyond 41 weeks of gestation and its impact on stillbirths: A systematic review with meta-analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Hussain, Arwa Abbas ^a   Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar ^a   Imdad, Aamer ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STILLBIRTH;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STILLBIRTH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 79954493205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-S3-S5     Document Type: Review

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