Women's use of nonprescribed methods to induce labor: A brief report

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-171

  Chaudhry, Zaid ^a   Fischer, Jane ^b   Schaffir, Jonathan ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Folklore; Induction; Labor; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR ONSET; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79956196536     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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