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Editorial
. 2007 Aug 18;335(7615):312-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39282.440787.80.

Umbilical cord clamping after birth

Andrew Weeks
Editorial

Umbilical cord clamping after birth

Andrew Weeks. BMJ. .

Abstract

Better not to rush

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Changes in neonatal blood volume with increasing delay of cord clamping, with and without the use of a uterotonic. Adapted from the paper by Yao et al
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