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Variations in oxytocin regimes in Scottish labour wards in 1998

N. Arnott, A. J. Harrold, Pauline Lynch Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, and Perth Royal In rmary, UK
Pages 235-238 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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