Where are the Sunday babies? III. Caesarean sections, decreased weekend births, and midwife involvement in Germany

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Lerchl, Alexander ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Labor induction; Vaginal birth; Weekend

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEALTH WORKER; PARTURITION; POPULATION DECLINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CALCULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDWIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TIME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEEKEND BIRTH RATE;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 38049022142     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0306-3     Document Type: Article

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