Male fetuses are associated with increased risk for cesarean delivery in Malaysian nulliparae

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Viegas, Osborn A C ^a   Lee, Pei Sue ^a   Lim, Keng Joo ^a   Ravichandran, Jeganathan ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital Sultanah   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LABOR; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57549084243     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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