Ethnic disparity in the success of vaginal birth after cesarean delivery

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 483-487

  Hollard, Amie L ^a,b,d   Wing, Deborah A ^b   Chung, Judith H ^a,b   Rumney, Pamela J ^a   Saul, Lisa ^a,b   Nageotte, Michael P ^a   Lagrew, David ^c  

^a LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Memorial Care   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Ethnicity; Race; Vaginal birth after cesarean delivery; VBAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIAL OF LABOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTERINE RUPTURE; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 33748573254     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050600847809     Document Type: Article

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