Maternal height and external pelvimetry to predict cephalopelvic disproportion in nulliparous African women: A cohort study

British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 947-952

  Liselele, Hubert B ^a,b   Boulvain, Michel ^b   Tshibangu, Kalala C ^a   Meuris, Sylvain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIMETRY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PELVIMETRY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033914717     PISSN: 03065456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb10394.x     Document Type: Article

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