A comparative study on breech deliveries attended in 1992: Hospital centers from Latin America versus Spain and Portugal

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-15

  Acién, Pedro ^a  

^a Departamento de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breech deliveries; Cesarean sections; Incidence; Latin America; Management; Perinatal mortality; Spain and Portugal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN;

EID: 0029970991     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-2115(96)02423-2     Document Type: Article

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