A Successful Program to Lower Cesarean-Section Rates

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 319, Issue 23, 1988, Pages 1511-1516

  Myers, Stephen A ^a   Gleicher, Norbert ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0024235885     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198812083192304     Document Type: Article

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