Association between reduced stillbirth rates in England and regional uptake of accreditation training in customized fetal growth assessment

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Gardosi, Jason ^a,b   Giddings, Sally ^a   Clifford, Sally ^a   Wood, Lynne ^a   Francis, André ^a  

^a Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MORTALITY; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84892580517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003942     Document Type: Article

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