Where are the Sunday babies? II. Declining weekend birth rates in Switzerland

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-164

  Lerchl, Alexander ^a   Reinhard, Sarah C ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Labor induction; Vaginal birth; Weekend

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DIURNAL VARIATION; PARTURITION; POPULATION DECLINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; SWITZERLAND; TECHNOLOGY; TIME; WEEKEND BIRTH; WEEKEND BIRTH AVOIDANCE RATE;

BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 38049039391     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0305-4     Document Type: Article

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