The effect of delaying childbirth on primary cesarean section rates

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1123-1132

  Smith, Gordon C S ^a   Cordeaux, Yolande ^a   White, Ian R ^b   Pasupathy, Dharmintra ^a   Missfelder Lobos, Hannah ^a   Pell, Jill P ^c   Charnock Jones, D Stephen ^a   Fleming, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 48749124510     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050144     Document Type: Article

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