Māori and non-Māori differences in caesarean section rates: A national review

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1250, 2007, Pages

  Harris, Ricci ^a   Robson, Bridget ^a   Curtis, Elana ^b   Purdie, Gordon ^c   Cormack, Donna ^a   Reid, Papaarangi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAORI; MATERNAL AGE; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; POLYNESIA; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POLYNESIA; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847773284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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