Perceptions and practices of vaginal birth after Caesarean section among privately practicing obstetricians in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 631-636

  Koigi Kamau, R ^a   Leting, P K ^a   Kiarie, J N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; TRIAL OF LABOR;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; TRIAL OF LABOR; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 33644593538     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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