Freestanding midwifery unit versus obstetric unit: A matched cohort study of outcomes in low-risk women

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Overgaard, Charlotte ^a   Møller, Anna Margrethe ^b   Fenger Grøn, Morten ^c,d   Knudsen, Lisbeth B ^a   Sandall, Jane ^e  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053540889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000262     Document Type: Article

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