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PROBLEMS IN ASSESSING EFFECTS OF INDUCTION OF LABOUR ON PERINATAL MORTALITY
Author(s) -
Yudkin Patricia
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00896.x
Subject(s) - perinatal mortality , perinatal period , induction of labor , economics , pregnancy , biology , fetus , genetics
Summary Data on births in the Oxford area for 1965 and 1972 are examined, and a model presented for analysing some effects of induction of labour during this period. It is suggested that this model is generally useful in understanding the various possible explanations for an apparent improvement in perinatal mortality figures.