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Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology Volume 41, 2020 - Issue 4
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Preferred and actual mode of delivery in relation to fear of childbirth

Anne-Marie Sluijsa Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Klaas Wijmab Unit of Medical Psychology, Department of Clinical and Experimental, Linköping University, Sweden Medicine, Linköping, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6700-1217View further author information
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Marc P. H. D. Cleirenc Faculty of Social Sciences, Honours College, Leiden University, Leiden, the NetherlandsView further author information
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Jan M. M. van Litha Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the NetherlandsView further author information
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Barbro Wijmad Department of Clinical and Experimental, Unit of Gender and Medicine, Linköping University, Sweden Medicine, Linköping, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2902-7077View further author information
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Pages 266-274 | Received 08 Feb 2019, Accepted 17 Dec 2019, Published online: 03 Jan 2020

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