A high rate of Caesarean sections in an affluent section of Chennai: Is it cause for concern?

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 156-158

  Pai, M ^a   Sundaram, P ^a   Radhakrishnan, K K ^a   Thomas, K ^a   Muliyil, J P ^b  

^a Sundaram Medical Foundation   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033160175     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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