Caesarean section: the paradox

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9546, 2006, Pages 1472-1473

  Althabe, Fernando ^a   Belizán, José M ^b  

^a Perinatal Research Unit   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33750339208     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69616-5     Document Type: Note

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