Levels and trends in cesarean birth in the developing world

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-48

  Stanton, Cynthia K ^a   Holtz, Sara A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEVELOPING WORLD; PREGNANCY; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644849805     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2006.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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