Women and Birth
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 41-48 , June 2007

Birth outcomes associated with interventions in labour amongst low risk women: A population-based study

  • Sally K. Tracy

      Affiliations

    • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Perinatal Statistics Unit, School of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 420277106; fax: +61 2 93821025.
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  • Elizabeth Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Perinatal Statistics Unit, School of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
    • ,
  • Yueping Alex Wang

      Affiliations

    • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Perinatal Statistics Unit, School of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
    • ,
  • Deborah Black

      Affiliations

    • School of Public health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia
    • ,
  • Mark Tracy

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nepean Hospital, Sydney Western Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Received 15 December 2006 ,Revised 21 March 2007 ,Accepted 22 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.03.005

Women and Birth
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 41-48 , June 2007

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