Assessing the effects of age, gestation, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity on labor inductions

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-213

  Wilson, Barbara L ^a,b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Elective labor inductions; Labor inductions; Primiparous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548225109     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2007.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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