Why we choose Caesarean section: A prospective study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-300

  Spurrett, Brian ^a,b   Cook, Colleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030856390     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02413.x     Document Type: Article

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