Obesity in pregnancy: Altered onset and progression of labour

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1303-1313

  Bogaerts, Annick ^a   Witters, Ingrid ^b   Van den Bergh, Bea R H ^c,d   Jans, Goele ^b   Devlieger, Roland ^b  

^a Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Flemish Government   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Obesity; Onset of labour; Pregnancy; Progression of labour

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR STAGE 1; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84888000644     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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