A new way of looking at Caesarean section births

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-320

  McCarthy, Fergus P ^a   Rigg, Lynne ^a   Cady, Louisa ^a   Cullinane, Fiona ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Robson Ten Group Classification System (TGCS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 34447528918     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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