Obstetric perineal trauma

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-2

  Dickinson, Jan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; DENMARK; EDITORIAL; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84874029391     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12060     Document Type: Editorial

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