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Hands-on or hands-off the perineum at childbirth: A re-appraisal of the available evidence
 
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Department of Midwifery, Midwifery School, ‘Alexander’ Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece
 
 
Submission date: 2017-09-24
 
 
Acceptance date: 2017-10-13
 
 
Publication date: 2017-10-19
 
 
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Angeliki Antonakou   

Department of Midwifery, Midwifery School, ‘Alexander’ Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, PC 57400, Greece
 
 
Eur J Midwifery 2017;1(October):5
 
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