Risk factors for the increasing caesarean section rate in Southeast Brazil: A comparison of two birth cohorts, 1978-1979 and 1994

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 687-694

  Gomes, Uilho A ^b   Silva, Antônio A M ^b   Bettiol, Heloisa ^a   Barbieri, Marco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032807553     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.4.687     Document Type: Article

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