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Chapter 7 - Induction and Augmentation of Labor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2018

Shad Deering
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Irina U. Tunnage  and
Shad Deering
Shad Deering
Affiliation:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Maryland
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A Practical Manual to Labor and Delivery , pp. 93 - 101
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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