Fear of childbirth and risk for birth complications in nulliparous women in the Danish National Birth Cohort

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Fear of childbirth and risk for birth complications in nulliparous women in the Danish National Birth Cohort

M Laursen^1,2,
C Johansen²,
M Hedegaard¹

Article first published online: 17 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02250.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 116, Issue 10, pages 1350–1355, September 2009

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Laursen, M., Johansen, C. and Hedegaard, M. (2009), Fear of childbirth and risk for birth complications in nulliparous women in the Danish National Birth Cohort. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 116: 1350–1355. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02250.x

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Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø
²
Danish Cancer Society, Department of Psychosocial Cancer Research, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

^*M Laursen, Danish Cancer Society, Department of Psychosocial Cancer Research, Strandboulevarden 49, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. Email majaduus@hotmail.com

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Issue published online: 10 AUG 2009
Article first published online: 17 JUN 2009
Accepted 28 April 2009. Published Online 17 June 2009.

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