Declining trends in cesarean deliveries, Ohio 1989-1996: An analysis by indications

Birth

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-18

  Koroukian, Siran M ^a,b   Rimm, Alfred A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034153343     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536x.2000.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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