Is the increasing frequency of cesarean section to be blamed on the increasing maternal age?;Skyldes den stigende hyppighed af kejsersnit de fødendes stigende alder?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 165, Issue 46, 2003, Pages 4421-4423

  Hornnes, Peter J ^a   Rasmussen, Steen ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK;

EID: 1642455816     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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