A case-control study of primary caesarean section at the Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea, to identify epidemiological predictor of abdominal delivery

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Amoa, Apeawusu B ^a,b   Klufio, Cecil A ^a,b,c   Arua, Samson ^a,b   Kariwiga, Grace ^a,b   Wurr, Fred ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEW GUINEA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031215434     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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