Is a rising caesarean section rate inevitable?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-52

  Wilkinson, Chris ^a   McIllwaine, Gillian ^a   Boulton Jones, Clare ^a   Cole, Susan ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0031983682     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09349.x     Document Type: Article

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