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Vancouver

Makvandi S, Mirzaiinajmabadi K, Mirteimoori M, Esmaily H. Effect of normal physiologic childbirth program in mother-friendly hospitals on duration of labor. ELECTRON J GEN MED. 2018;15(3):em21. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/85941

APA

Makvandi, S., Mirzaiinajmabadi, K., Mirteimoori, M., & Esmaily, H. (2018). Effect of normal physiologic childbirth program in mother-friendly hospitals on duration of labor. Electronic Journal of General Medicine, 15(3), em21. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/85941

AMA

Makvandi S, Mirzaiinajmabadi K, Mirteimoori M, Esmaily H. Effect of normal physiologic childbirth program in mother-friendly hospitals on duration of labor. ELECTRON J GEN MED. 2018;15(3), em21. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/85941

Chicago

Makvandi, Somayeh, Khadigeh Mirzaiinajmabadi, Masoumeh Mirteimoori, and Habibollah Esmaily. "Effect of normal physiologic childbirth program in mother-friendly hospitals on duration of labor". Electronic Journal of General Medicine 2018 15 no. 3 (2018): em21. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/85941

Harvard

Makvandi, S., Mirzaiinajmabadi, K., Mirteimoori, M., and Esmaily, H. (2018). Effect of normal physiologic childbirth program in mother-friendly hospitals on duration of labor. Electronic Journal of General Medicine, 15(3), em21. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/85941

MLA

Makvandi, Somayeh et al. "Effect of normal physiologic childbirth program in mother-friendly hospitals on duration of labor". Electronic Journal of General Medicine, vol. 15, no. 3, 2018, em21. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/85941