Caesarean sections in Mexico: Tendencies, levels and associated factors;Las cesáreas en México: Tendencias, niveles y factores asociados

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-22

  Puentes Rosas, Esteban ^a,b   Gómez Dantés, Octavio ^a   Garrido Latorre, Francisco ^a  

^a Info y Evaluacion del Desempeno   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birth delivery; Caesarean section; Human development index; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; ILLITERACY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEXICO; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; READING; REGISTER; SOCIAL EXCLUSION INDEX; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1842483017     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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