Rates of caesarean section: Analysis of global, regional and national estimates

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-113

  Betrán, Ana P ^a   Merialdi, Mario ^a   Lauer, Jeremy A ^a   Bing Shun, Wang ^b   Thomas, Jane ^c   Van Look, Paul ^a   Wagner, Marsden ^a  

^a World Health Organisation ^*  (Switzerland)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Geographic variation; Infant mortality; Maternal mortality; Neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGISTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VITAL STATISTICS;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846963820     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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