Cesarean delivery among nulliparous women in Beirut: Assessing predictors in nine hospitals

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-20

  Tamim, Hala ^a   El Chemaly, Souheil Y ^b   Nassar, Anwar H ^b   Aaraj, Alia M ^c   Campbell, Oona M R ^d   Kaddour, Afamia A ^b   Yunis, Khalid A ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c Department of Neonatal Services   (Lebanon)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beirut; Cesarean delivery; Nulliparous women; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847081722     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2006.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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