Level of perinatal care of the maternity unit and rate of cesarean in low-risk nulliparas

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1269-1277

  Ray, C Le ^b   Carayol, M ^b   Zeitlin, J ^b   Breart G ^b   Goffinet, F ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNITY WARD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FRANCE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33745593784     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000218098.70942.a2     Document Type: Article

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