Adverse perinatal events and subsequent cesarean rate

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-188

  Turrentine, Mark A ^a   Ramirez, Mildred M ^a  

^a MacGregor Medical Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIRTH INJURIES; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032797349     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00315-4     Document Type: Article

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