No fixed place of birth: Unplanned BBAs in Victoria, Australia

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  McLelland, Gayle ^a   McKenna, Lisa ^a   Archer, Frank ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental births; Out of hospital births; Unplanned birth before arrival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84891621129     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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